Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA marine epipelagic fish of the family Scomberesocidae, with beaklike jaws and a row of small finlets behind the dorsal and anal fins.
Eggcorn of Japanese 佐伊羅 (saira). By surface analysis, -saur (“dinosaur or other extinct reptile”) + -y (diminutive suffix).
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- Derivation mention佐伊羅ja
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