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アキヘラザメ

Meanings

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noun

deep-water catshark

Scientific name Apristurus profundorum; a deep-sea shark species.

アキヘラザメは深しん海かいに生せい息そくする小こ型がたのサメです。
The deep-water catshark is a small shark that lives in the deep sea.

Etymology

The name likely derives from the Japanese words アキヘラ (akihera, possibly a place or descriptor) and ザメ (zame, a rendaku form of サメ same, 'shark'). The exact origin is uncertain.