鱗りん族ぞく

noun

scaled animals; fish (as a group)

A literary or old-fashioned collective term for fish and other animals with scales. Rare in modern conversation; more common in classical or poetic contexts.

• 鱗りん族ぞくは水みずの中なかに住すむ生いき物ものの総そう称しょうとして古ふるい文ぶん献けんに見みられる。

  The term 鱗族 appears in old texts as a general name for creatures that live in water.