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tarako

tarako noun: a Japanese food made from salted cod or pollack roe (originally cod, but now mostly pollack).

Noun

tarako (uncountable)

  1. A Japanese food made from salted cod or pollack roe (originally cod, but now mostly pollack).

Origin of tarako

From Japanese 鱈子 (“tarako”) from 鱈 (tara, “cod”) + 子 (ko, “roe”).

Questions about tarako

What does tarako mean?
Tarako means a Japanese food made from salted cod or pollack roe (originally cod, but now mostly pollack).
What part of speech is tarako?
Tarako is a noun.

Words near tarako in the dictionary

  1. Tarak
  2. Taraka
  3. Tarakan
  4. tarakihi
  5. tarakihis
  6. tarako
  7. Taralga
  8. Tarallo
  9. Tarallos
  10. tarama
  11. taramasalata

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