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トガリドチザメ

Meanings

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noun

slender smooth-hound; Gollum attenuatus

A species of finback catshark found in the Southwest Pacific. This is a technical ichthyological term.

トガリドチザメは南なん西せい太たい平へい洋ように生せい息そくする小こ型がたのサメです。
The slender smooth-hound is a small shark that inhabits the Southwest Pacific.

Etymology

The name is a compound of 尖り (togari, 'pointed') and ドチザメ (dochizame, 'banded houndshark'), referring to its pointed snout and its relation to the houndshark family. The exact derivation is uncertain.