saury
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɔː.ɹi/
Etymology
From Latin saurus, from Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”)
Noun
saury (plural sauries)
- A marine epipelagic fish of the family Scomberesocidae, with beaklike jaws and a row of small finlets behind the dorsal and anal fins.
Derived terms
- Atlantic saury (Scomberesox saurus, Scomberesox scombroides, Scomberesox simulans)
- blotched saury (Saurida nebulosa) (General Australian)
- clouded saury (Saurida nebulosa) (General Australian)
- common suary (Saurida tumbil) (General Australian)
- dwarf saury (Scomberesox simulans) (Africa, UK)
- filamentous saury (Saurida filamentosa) (General Australian)
- gracile saury (Saurida gracilis) (General Australian)
- grey saury (Saurida undosquamis) (General Australian)
- large-scaled saury (Saurida undosquamis) (General Australian)
- longfin saury (Saurida longimanus) (General Australian)
- orangemouth saury (Saurida flamma)
- Pacific saury (Cololabis saira. Scomberesox scombroides)
- painted saury (Synodus myops) (General Australian)
- shortfin saury (Saurida argentea, Saurida micropectoralis) (General Australian)
- shortjaw saury (Saurida isarankurai)
- silver saury (Saurida tumbil) (General Australian)
- slender saury (Saurida gracilis, Saurida elongata) (General Australian)
- South Pacific saury (Scomberesox scombroides)
- threadfin saury (Suarida filamentosa) (General Australian)
- Wanieso saury (Saurida wanieso) (General Australian)
Translations
References
- saury in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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