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nigorobuna

nigorobuna noun: a freshwater ray-finned fish (Carassius auratus grandoculis), a wild subspecies of goldfish endemic to Japan, its habitat limited to Lake Biwa and environs.

Noun

nigorobuna (plural nigorobuna)

  1. A freshwater ray-finned fish (Carassius auratus grandoculis), a wild subspecies of goldfish endemic to Japan, its habitat limited to Lake Biwa and environs.

Forms of nigorobuna

pluralnigorobuna

Origin of nigorobuna

Borrowed from Japanese ニゴロブナ (nigorobuna) (also written 煮頃鮒, 似五郎鮒, にごろぶな).

Questions about nigorobuna

What does nigorobuna mean?
Nigorobuna means a freshwater ray-finned fish (Carassius auratus grandoculis), a wild subspecies of goldfish endemic to Japan, its habitat limited to Lake Biwa and environs.
What part of speech is nigorobuna?
Nigorobuna is a noun.
What is the plural of nigorobuna?
The plural of nigorobuna is nigorobuna.

Words near nigorobuna in the dictionary

  1. Nigoghosian
  2. Nigoghosians
  3. nigon
  4. nigons
  5. nigori
  6. nigorobuna
  7. nigostriatal
  8. NigP
  9. nigra
  10. nigral
  11. nigranilin

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