銀ぎん鱗りん

noun

silvery scales; fish

Literary or poetic term for the silvery scales of a fish, often used to refer to the fish itself by metonymy. Not an everyday word; more common in descriptive or literary contexts.

• 川かわ面もに銀ぎん鱗りんがきらめいていた。

  Silvery scales glittered on the surface of the river.

• 釣つり上あげた銀ぎん鱗りんが朝あさ日ひに輝かがやいた。

  The fish I caught shone in the morning sun.