Where does “鼠鮫” come from?

鼠鮫 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鼠, from Japanese nezumi.

鼠鮫 (Japanese): a salmon shark

Definitions

  1. a salmon shark

Ancestry of “鼠鮫”, step by step

鼠鮫 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesea mouse or a rat; general term for members of...
2Japanesenezumi

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesea shark
Every word from Japanese nezumiEvery word from Japanese
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