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タイセイヨウダラ

also: たいせいようたら

Meanings

1

noun

Atlantic cod

usually written using kana alone

Refers specifically to the fish Gadus morhua. Common in culinary and biological contexts.

タイセイヨウダラは北きた大たい西せい洋ように生せい息そくしている。
Atlantic cod live in the North Atlantic.
この料りょう理りにはタイセイヨウダラの切きり身みを使つかいます。
This dish uses fillets of Atlantic cod.

Written forms

タイセイヨウダラ
kana-only spelling
Standard katakana spelling for this fish name.
大たい西せい洋よう鱈たら
Kanji spelling is rare; the word is usually written in kana.
たいせいようたら

Kanji

大large, big

west, Spain

洋ocean, sea, foreign

鱈codfish, (kokuji)

Similar words

鱈たら
鱈 (たら) is the general term for cod, while タイセイヨウダラ specifies the Atlantic species.
マダラ
マダラ (真鱈) is the Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus), a different species commonly eaten in Japan.

Etymology

Compound of 大西洋 (たいせいよう, 'Atlantic Ocean') and 鱈 (たら, 'cod'). The katakana spelling is standard for biological names.