出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/03/08 23:56 UTC 版)
From ass + fish, probably from a mistranslation of onus in the genus name Acanthonus, which is from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “acanthus”, literally “prickly flower”) + ὄνος (ónos, “hake”): the latter word can mean either an ass (donkey) or less commonly a type of fish.
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assfish (countable and uncountable, plural assfish or assfishes)