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kibinago

kibinago noun: the silver-stripe round herring or blue sprat, a small marine fish sometimes eaten for food, Spratelloides gracilis.

kibinago: the silver-stripe round herring or blue sprat, a small marine fish sometimes eaten for food,...
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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.
    • 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.2018 October 8, “【Kagoshima · Yoron Island】 Akasaki Coral Forest Snorkeling Tour”, in Activity Japan, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2021

Forms of kibinago

pluralkibinago
pluralkibinagos

Origin of kibinago

From Japanese 黍魚子 (kibinago).

Questions about kibinago

What does kibinago mean?
Kibinago means the silver-stripe round herring or blue sprat, a small marine fish sometimes eaten for food, Spratelloides gracilis.
What part of speech is kibinago?
Kibinago is a noun.
What is the plural of kibinago?
The plural of kibinago is kibinago.

Words near kibinago in the dictionary

  1. kibi-
  2. kibibit
  3. kibibits
  4. kibibyte
  5. kibibytes
  6. kibinago
  7. Kibit
  8. kibitka
  9. kibitkas
  10. kibitz
  11. kibitzed

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