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20:34 Oct 31, 2007 |
Japanese to English translations [PRO] Food & Drink | |||||||
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4 | もんごういか/common cuttlefish |
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4 | kisslip cuttlefish / common cuttlefish |
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もんごういか/common cuttlefish Explanation: Seppia lycidas, common cuttlefish [研究社 新和英大辞典] -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 mins (2007-10-31 20:47:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The long o is listed as optional, so it could be "mongo" or "mongou", although in another reference is listed only as "mongou". -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 20 mins (2007-10-31 20:54:08 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Also listed as "kisslip cuttlefish" in Wikipedia. |
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kisslip cuttlefish / common cuttlefish Explanation: モンゴウイカ Mongoika originally and mostly refers to two subgenus of the sepia genus: ヨーロッパイカ (Sepia officinalis Linnaeus) and カミナリイカ (Sepia (Acanthosephion) lycida), and in English they are "common cuttlefish" and "kisslip cuttlefish", respectively. (from 広辞苑, see Plate 1 and Plate 9 on the following webpage: http://www.zen-ika.com/zukan/index.html) For the English translations, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepia_(genus) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2007-10-31 21:37:06 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- note: in the wikipedia reference (genus) is part of the web address |
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