흰점복

Korean

Etymology

Literally "white-spotted puffer." From 흰 (huin, “white”) + 점 (點, jeom, “spot”) + 복 (bok, “puffer fish”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [çiɲd͡ʑʌ̹mbo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [힌점복]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	huinjeombok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	huinjeombog
McCune–Reischauer?	hŭinjŏmbok
Yale Romanization?	huyn.cempok

Noun

흰점복 • (huinjeombok)

1. The fine-patterned puffer, Takifugu poecilonotus.

Synonyms

• 복쟁이 (bokjaeng'i)

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 22 (last accessed)) “흰점복 [huinjeombok]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎^[1]
• 김, 익수 with 박종영 (2002) “흰점복”, in 한국의 민물고기, Seoul: Kyo-Hak Publishing, →ISBN, page 423