saury

1 9.9

A long thin sea fish with a pointed beak eaten in some countries

noun
/ˈsɔri/

: saury

The chef prepared a delicious grilled saury for dinner.

Examples

The saury is popular in Japanese cuisine.
I caught a few sauries while fishing yesterday.
Fishermen reported a significant increase in the population of saury off the coast this year.
Grilled saury is a popular dish in Japan during the autumn season.
The slender body and sharp beak make the saury easily recognizable among other fish.
Many people enjoy eating saury during summer barbecues.
At the fish market, fresh saury is always in high demand.

Synonyms

Scomberesox saurus

vssaury

Specialized

9.9

A long thin fish with a long pointed mouth that lives in the Atlantic Ocean

focuses on its value as food in some regions rather than naming

Surface Forms

saury singular

sauries plural

Etymology

Saury may come from the old word saurus, meaning 'lizard', because the fish's long, thin body looked lizard-like to early namers, so the name fits this slender, beak-nosed fish. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the Japanese name sanma, 'autumn knife fish', which also points to the fish's long, sharp shape.