saury

English

Etymology

Eggcorn of Japanese 佐伊羅 (saira). By surface analysis, -saur (“dinosaur or other extinct reptile”) +‎ -y (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔː.ɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

saury (plural sauries or saury)

1. A marine epipelagic fish of the family Scomberesocidae, with beaklike jaws and a row of small finlets behind the dorsal and anal fins.

Derived terms

• Atlantic saury (Scomberesox saurus, Scomberesox scombroides, Scomberesox simulans)
• blotched saury (Saurida nebulosa) (Australia)
• clouded saury (Saurida nebulosa) (Australia)
• common saury (Saurida tumbil) (Australia)
• dwarf saury (Scomberesox simulans) (Africa, UK)
• filamentous saury (Saurida filamentosa) (Australia)
• gracile saury (Saurida gracilis) (Australia)
• grey saury (Saurida undosquamis) (Australia)
• large-scaled saury (Saurida undosquamis) (Australia)
• longfin saury (Saurida longimanus) (Australia)
• orangemouth saury (Saurida flamma)
• Pacific saury (Cololabis saira. Scomberesox scombroides)
• painted saury (Synodus myops) (Australia)
• shortfin saury (Saurida argentea, Saurida micropectoralis) (Australia)
• shortjaw saury (Saurida isarankurai)
• silver saury (Saurida tumbil) (Australia)
• slender saury (Saurida gracilis, Saurida elongata) (Australia)
• South Pacific saury (Scomberesox scombroides)
• threadfin saury (Suarida filamentosa) (Australia)
• Wanieso saury (Saurida wanieso) (Australia)

Translations

fish of the family Scomberesocidae

• Bulgarian: сайра f (sajra)
• Finnish: saira (Pacific saury); makrillihauki (Atlantic saury)
• Galician: alpabarda (gl) f, chandarme (gl) m, rato (gl) m, alcrique (gl) m
• German: Makrelenhecht m
• Japanese: 秋刀魚 (ja) (さんま, sanma)
• Polish: sajra f
• Russian: сайра (ru) (sajra)

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “saury”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• saury on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Surya, Sūrya