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bitterling

Today it means: Any of various species of small cyprinid fish in the genus Rhodeus. Full definition →

German Bitterling

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German · borrowed fromBitterling
English todaybitterling

From German Bitterling, calque from Latin amārus (“bitter”), equivalent to bitter + -ling. Compare grayling, fingerling.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.