虱目鱼

虱目魚
shīmùyú
milkfish (Chanos chanos)

CEDICT

动物名。嵴椎动物亚门硬骨鱼纲。体呈纺锤形，侧扁，为台湾地区澹咸水养殖鱼中的名。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

虱目鱼 shīmùyú variant of 虱目鱼 shīmùyú

Entry Composition

=1 虱 shī louse
=1 虱 shī louse
2 目 mù
  1. eye
  2. (literary) to look; to regard
  3. eye (of a net); mesh
  4. mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目数 mùshù)
  5. item; section
  6. list; catalogue
  7. (taxonomy) order
  8. name; title
3 鱼 yú used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼 bàoyú, alligators and crocodiles 鳄鱼 èyú and octopi 章鱼 zhāngyú)

classifiers: 條, 尾

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遮目鱼 zhēmùyú milkfish (Chanos chanos)