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アブラツノザメ (あぶらつのざめ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

アブラツノザメ

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Meanings

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noun

spiny dogfish

usually written using kana alone

A species of small shark (Squalus acanthias). Scientific/biological term; in everyday contexts, often just called ツノザメ.

アブラツノザメは北きた大たい西せい洋ように広ひろく分ぶん布ぷする小こ型がたのサメです。
The spiny dogfish is a small shark widely distributed in the North Atlantic.

水すい族ぞく館かんでアブラツノザメの標ひょう本ほんを見みた。

I saw a specimen of a spiny dogfish at the aquarium.

Written forms

アブラツノザメ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is standard for this species name.
油あぶら角つの鮫ざめ
Kanji spelling is rare; the word is usually written in kana.

Kanji

油oil, fat
角angle, corner, square
鮫shark

Similar words

ツノザメ
General term for dogfish sharks; アブラツノザメ is a specific species within this group.

Etymology

Compound of 油 (abura, 'oil') + 角 (tsuno, 'horn') + 鮫 (zame, 'shark'), referring to the oily liver and dorsal spines characteristic of this species.