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minus-squareJustas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoSwedish one is Oxögonfisk, which looks like a name of a metal band or a weird chemical name.
minus-squareM137@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoAs written at the very start on Wikipedia: 'from Ancient Greek βόωψ, literally ‘ox-eyed’
minus-squareJustas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAh, so Swedish is literally using “ox eyed fish” as the name.
Swedish one is Oxögonfisk, which looks like a name of a metal band or a weird chemical name.
As written at the very start on Wikipedia:
'from Ancient Greek βόωψ, literally ‘ox-eyed’
Ah, so Swedish is literally using “ox eyed fish” as the name.