Etymology

tarako

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Today it means: A Japanese food made from salted cod or pollack roe (originally cod, but now mostly pollack). Full definition →

Japanese 鱈子
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  1. Japanese · derived from鱈子“tarako”
  2. English todaytarako

From Japanese 鱈子 (“tarako”) from 鱈 (tara, “cod”) + 子 (ko, “roe”).

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