jeju

See also: jejú, Jeju, and ею

English

Etymology

Tupian.

Noun

jeju (plural jejus)

  1. A South American (Amazonian) erythrinid fish, Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus (formerly sometimes Erythrinus unitaeniatus).
    • 1946, Curt Nimuendajú, The Eastern Timbira:
      Finally he sent the jeju (Erythrinus unitaeniatus; these fish are covered with a slippery phlegm), which pushed the man out ...
    • 1981, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts:
      In the jeju, the swim bladder has a respiratory function, while in the aruana it is an hydrostatic organ. Both are physostomes, and the swim bladder is divided into 2 chambers whose walls are made up of 3 enveloping membranes or mantles.
    • 2005, Adalberto Luis Val, Vera Maria Fonseca de Almeida e Val, David J. Randall, Fish Physiology: The Physiology of Tropical Fishes, Elsevier (→ISBN), page 256:
      The jeju (Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus) is a facultative air-breathing fish that utilizes a modified swim bladder as an ...

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈjeju]

Pronoun

jeju

  1. genitive of wónej
  2. animate accusative of wónej

Alternative forms
  • njeju (used after a preposition)

Determiner

jeju (uninflected)

  1. their (referring to two people)
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