kibinago

English

A dish of fried kibinago

Etymology

From Japanese 黍魚子 (kibinago).

Noun

kibinago (plural kibinago or kibinagos)

1. (uncommon) The silver-stripe round herring or blue sprat, a small marine fish sometimes eaten for food, Spratelloides gracilis.
   • 2018 October 8, “【Kagoshima · Yoron Island】 Akasaki Coral Forest Snorkeling Tour”, in Activity Japan‎^[1]:

     There was more than the coral thought that it was possible to see a group of kibinagos and a group of yagara, as well as fish of 20 centimeters larger than the tropical fish.

Japanese

Romanization

kibinago

1. Rōmaji transcription of キビナゴ
2. Rōmaji transcription of きびなご