根付き魚

Japanese
Kanji in this term
根 付 魚
ね
Grade: 3		 つ
Grade: 4		 うお
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 根付き (netsuki, “rooted”, in reference to where the fish tend to live) +‎ 魚 (uo, “fish”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

根付き魚 (hiragana ねつきうお, rōmaji netsukiuo, historical hiragana ねつきうを)

  1. a non-migratory fish that lives among the roots of seaweed or coral

Synonyms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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