Home › Words › K › kibinagokibinagokibinago means the silver-stripe round herring or blue sprat, a small marine fish sometimes eaten for food, Spratelloides gracilis.EtymologyFrom Japanese 黍魚子 (kibinago).nounThe silver-stripe round herring or blue sprat, a small marine fish sometimes eaten for food, Spratelloides gracilis.e.g.“There was more than the coral thought that it was possible to see a group of kibinagos and a group of yagara, as well as fish of 20 centimeters larger than the tropical fish.” — 2018 October 8, “【Kagoshima · Yoron Island】 Akasaki Coral Forest Snorkeling Tour”, in Activity Japan:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.brisling 60% match — A sprat (small herring), especially Sprattus sprattus. vs kibinago →skilfish 57% match — A fish, of the genus Erilepis, found on deep rocky bottoms in the North Pacific. vs kibinago →whitebait 57% match — The young of various species of fish, especially herrings, sprats or smelts vs kibinago →silverside 56% match — Any of several small fish, mostly in families Atherinidae and Atherinopsidae, both in order Atheriniformes, that are characterized by bright, silvery scales. vs kibinago →katsuo 55% match — Synonym of skipjack tuna. vs kibinago →silversides 55% match — A silverside (fish in order Atheriniformes). vs kibinago →kajiki 54% match — Blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) vs kibinago →skil 54% match — Synonym of sablefish. vs kibinago →