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タイセイヨウニシン

Meanings

1

noun

Atlantic herring

usually written using kana alone

Scientific/common name for Clupea harengus; used in biology, fisheries, and food contexts.

タイセイヨウニシンは北きた大たい西せい洋ように広ひろく分ぶん布ぷしている。
The Atlantic herring is widely distributed in the North Atlantic.
この缶かん詰づめはタイセイヨウニシンを使つかっています。
This canned food uses Atlantic herring.

Written forms

タイセイヨウニシン
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is standard for this species name; usually written in kana.
大たい西せい洋よう鯡にしん
Kanji spelling is rare and mainly found in taxonomic or older texts; the katakana form is strongly preferred.

Kanji

大large, big
西

west, Spain

洋ocean, sea, foreign

鯡herring

Etymology

Compound of 大西洋 (たいせいよう, 'Atlantic Ocean') + 鯡 (にしん, 'herring'). The katakana spelling reflects the convention for species names.