Coregonid

/kɔːˈrɛɡənɪd/ noun

Definition

A fish belonging to the family Coregonidae, which includes whitefish and cisco; any member of this salmon-family group.

Etymology

From 'Coregonus' (the genus name, from Greek 'kore' pupil/eye + 'gonos' generation/offspring) + '-id' (member suffix). Coregonus means 'pupil-bearing' referring to a feature of these fish.

Kelly Says

Fish in the coregonid family were named by 18th-century naturalists who were captivated by their eye-like appearance—the name literally means 'eye-bearing,' and these fish were so important to European diets that they got multiple scientific names across different regions.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ኮርጎኒዴ
ko-r-go-ni-de
ARالعربية
قنفذية
qan-fid-iya
BNবাংলা
কোরিগোনাইড
ko-ri-go-nai-d
CACatalà
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
CSČeština
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
DADansk
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
DEDeutsch
Coregoniden
koh-reh-go-ni-den
ELΕλληνικά
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
ESEspañol
coregónido
koh-reh-gon-ee-do
FAفارسی
کوئرگونی
koo-e-r-go-ni
FISuomi
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
FRFrançais
coregonide
koh-re-go-ni-d
GUGU
કોરિગોનિડ
ko-ri-go-nid
HAHA
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
HEעברית
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
HIहिन्दी
कोरेगोनिड
koh-reh-go-nid
HUMagyar
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
IDBahasa Indonesia
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
IGIG
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
ITItaliano
coregonide
koh-reh-go-ni-de
JA日本語
コアゴニ科
ko-a-go-ni-ka
KKKK
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
KMKM
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
KO한국어
코레곤과
ko-re-gon-gwa
MRMR
कोरेगोनिड
koh-reh-go-nid
MSBahasa Melayu
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
MYမြန်မာ
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
NLNederlands
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
NONorsk
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
PAPA
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
PLPolski
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
PTPortuguês
coregonídeo
koh-reh-go-nee-do
RORomână
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
RUРусский
коREGONИД
ko-reh-go-nid
SVSvenska
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
SWKiswahili
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
TAதமிழ்
கோரெகோனிட
go-re-go-ni-d
TEతెలుగు
కోరెగోనిడ్
ko-re-go-nid
THไทย
โคเรกอน
koh-reh-gon
TLTL
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
TRTürkçe
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
UKУкраїнська
коREGONИД
ko-reh-go-nid
URاردو
کوڑیگونیڈ
koo-ri-go-nid
VITiếng Việt
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
YOYO
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid
ZH中文
白鱼科
bái yú kē
ZUZU
coregonid
koh-reh-go-nid

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