milkfish

English

Milkfish

Wikispecies

Etymology

milk +‎ fish

Noun

milkfish (countable and uncountable, plural milkfishes or milkfish)

1. Chanos chanos, an important food fish in southeast Asia.
   • 2009 February 15, Mark Foggin, “Fast Food for the Filipino Soul”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Its fare is a mix of fast-food staples like burgers and Chickenjoy, along with more regional dishes like smoked bangus, or milkfish — a national symbol of the Philippines — served with vinegar and pepper.

Translations

Chanos chanos

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 虱目魚 (sat¹ muk⁶ jyu^4-2), 虱目鱼 (sat¹ muk⁶ jyu^4-2)

  Mandarin: 虱目魚 (zh) (shīmùyú), 虱目鱼 (zh) (shīmùyú)

  Min Nan: 虱目魚 (zh-min-nan), 虱目鱼 (sat-ba̍k-hî/sat-ba̍k-hû)

• Dutch: bandeng m
• French: poisson-lait m
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• German: Milchfisch (de) m
• Japanese: 虱目魚 (さばひい, sabahī)
• Javanese: ꦧꦤ꧀ꦢꦼꦁ (bandeng)
• Russian: ха́нос m (xános)
• Spanish: sabalote m, pez-de-leche m
• Tagalog: bangus