タマカイ

noun

giant grouper; brindle bass; bumblebee grouper; Queensland grouper

A large marine fish (Epinephelus lanceolatus) found in the Indo-Pacific. The name is a loanword, likely from a local language.

• タマカイは世せ界かい最さい大だい級きゅうのハタ科かの魚さかなです。

  The giant grouper is one of the largest fish in the grouper family.

• 沖おき縄なわの海うみでタマカイを見みた。

  I saw a giant grouper in the sea off Okinawa.