wooden fish
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Mokugyo.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Calque from Chinese 木魚/木鱼 (mùyú).
Noun
[edit]wooden fish (plural wooden fishes or wooden fish)
- A wooden percussion instrument played by monks and lay people in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition in China, Japan, Korea and other East Asian countries.