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Terms in Basque 111-120 of 413

Danubioko izokina

[Basque]

The huchen or Danube salmon (Hucho hucho) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family and is severely threatened with extinction. There is now a considerable commercial effort to produce huchen fry to re-introduce the species into the wild. This requires the adults being caught just before spawning and kept in special tanks. Fry are released in appropriate places once they have reached 4 to 10 cm.

daplata (korrokoi)

[Basque]

Thin-lipped grey mullet (US: striped mullet). It has a pointed snout giving it the appearance of thin lips, hence its name. It has a golden sheen.

datil ildoduna

[Basque]

Razor shell. A type of long clam which beds itself into the sand.

doxinia

[Basque]

Rayed Artemis clam. A dirty white to light brown clam which occurs from Norway to the Iberian Peninsula and into the Mediterranean.

durdoi arrunta

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Wrasse. Ballan wrasse. A very bony fish which provides good flavour for fish soups.

duroie

[Basque]

A name in Bermeo for the blue shark.

egalushe

[Basque]

Bonito. A migratory fish which is available up to 25 lb (11.3 kg). Often sold as tuna, though it is not.

eglefinoa

[Basque]

Haddock

ekaina

[Basque]

June

elur-bola

[Basque]

Horse mushroom. Edible, and very delicious, but easily mistaken for other less palatable or even poisonous mushrooms.