魚ぎょ粕かす

also: うおかす

Meanings

1

Dried and ground fish used as animal feed or fertilizer. Often contrasted with 魚粉 (ぎょふん), which may refer to a finer powder.

See also: 魚粉

魚ぎょ粕かすは飼し料りょうや肥ひ料りょうとして使つかわれる。
Fish meal is used as feed or fertilizer.

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Kanji

魚fish
粕scrap, waste
滓dregs, grounds

Related words

魚ぎょ粉ふん
魚粉 is often a finer, more processed fish powder, while 魚粕 may be coarser or include residue from oil extraction.

Written forms

魚粕
- ぎょかす
  Standard kanji form for 'fish meal'.
- うおかす
魚かすUsage88%
- ぎょかす
  Mixed kanji-kana spelling, sometimes used for clarity.
- うおかす
魚滓Usage13%
rarely-used kanji form
- ぎょかす
  Rarely used kanji form; 滓 means 'dregs' or 'lees'.
- うおかす
うおかす
Alternate reading using kun'yomi; less common than ぎょかす.

Etymology

Compound of 魚 (fish) and 粕 (lees, dregs), referring to the residue left after processing fish.