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jmdict 1568150 Active (id: 2068105)
梭子魚梭魚 [oK] [oK]
かますカマス (nokanji)
1. [n] [uk]
▶ barracuda (Sphyraena spp.)
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2844594 【ヤマトカマス】 1. Japanese barracuda (Sphyraena japonica)
  ⇒ see: 2192190 【アカカマス】 1. red barracuda (Sphyraena pinguis); brown barracuda
  ⇒ see: 2192180 【オニカマス】 1. great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda)



History:
4. A 2020-05-09 01:12:30  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Better
3. A* 2020-05-09 01:01:45  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -31 +31 @@
-<gloss>barracuda (several species)</gloss>
+<gloss>barracuda (Sphyraena spp.)</gloss>
2. A 2020-05-09 00:46:15  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Daijirin, GG5, etc. "【魚】 〔ヤマトカマス〕 a Japanese barracuda; Sphyraena japonica; 〔アカカマス〕 a brown barracuda; Sphyraena pinguis; 〔オニ[ドク]カマス〕 a great barracuda; Sphyraena barracuda."
  Comments:
カマス is the group name for several different barracuda species. Not sure "pike' fits. All the JEs say "barracuda".
Perhaps the pike sold in Sendai was mislabelled.
  Diff:
@@ -26,0 +27,3 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2844594">ヤマトカマス</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2192190">アカカマス</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2192180">オニカマス</xref>
@@ -28 +31 @@
-<gloss>barracuda</gloss>
+<gloss>barracuda (several species)</gloss>
1. D* 2020-05-08 11:46:25  Joel Lovestrand <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
I haven't researched this in any depth, but the カマスwhich my wife bought at the grocery store in Sendai, Japan today was no barracuda.  A quick look at a Sanseido dictionary brought up the translation "pike," along with a picture of the kind of pointy-nosed fish that was on my plate.

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