カブトウオ

noun

large-headed midnight fish; Poromitra crassiceps

A deep-sea fish species. The scientific name is Poromitra crassiceps. In Japanese, it is typically written in katakana as カブトウオ.

• 深しん海かい調ちょう査さでカブトウオが採さい集しゅうされた。

  A large-headed midnight fish was collected during the deep-sea survey.

• カブトウオは頭とう部ぶが大おおきく、ずんぐりした体たい型けいをしている。

  The large-headed midnight fish has a large head and a stout body.

noun

armored fish; armoured fish

General term for fish with bony plates or armor-like scales. Cross-referenced with 甲冑魚, which is a more common term for armored fish. This sense is less common and may be considered a variant or older usage.

See also: 甲冑魚

• 一いち部ぶの文ぶん献けんでは、カブトウオは甲冑魚かっちゅうぎょの別べつ名めいとして扱あつかわれる。

  In some references, カブトウオ is treated as another name for armored fish.