thread-sail filefish
A species of filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer) commonly eaten in Japan; the name literally means 'skin-peeler' because the tough skin is removed before cooking.
Thread-sail filefish is in season in winter.
I bought fresh thread-sail filefish at the market.
skinning; stripping bark; skinner; barker
The act of removing skin from an animal or bark from a tree; also refers to a person who does this. The fish name derives from this meaning.
The hunter quickly finished skinning the game.
You need a special tool for stripping the bark off this tree.
debarker; bark-stripping machine
Standard katakana spelling for the fish; this sense is usually written in kana.
Kanji spelling for the skinning/barking sense; the fish sense is rarely written this way.
Abbreviated kanji form; less common than 皮剥ぎ.
Variant with 剝 instead of 剥; rare in modern usage.
Abbreviated variant with 剝; very rare.
From 皮 (kawa, 'skin') + 剥ぎ (hagi, noun form of 剥ぐ, 'to peel'). The fish name comes from the practice of peeling off its tough skin before eating.