えらあな

Japanese
Alternative spellings
鰓孔
鰓穴
えら穴
エラ穴

Etymology

From 鰓(えら) (era, “gill”) + 孔(あな) (ana, “hole”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) えらあな [èrááná] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [e̞ɾa̠a̠na̠]

Noun

えらあな or エラあな • (eraana) ←えらあな (erāna)?

  1. (ichthyology) gill slit

Synonyms
  • 鰓裂(さいれつ) (sairetsu)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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