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鯰なまず
catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus)
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鯰絵なまずえ
woodblock print depicting a giant catfish (popular in Edo after the 1855 earthquake)
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電気鯰でんきなまず
electric catfish (any species of family Malapteruridae, esp. species Malapterurus electricus)
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逆さ鯰さかさなまず
upside-down catfish (Synodontis nigriventris)
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瓢箪鯰ひょうたんなまず
(person) slippery as an eel
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琵琶湖大鯰びわこおおなまず
Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis)
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ヨーロッパ大鯰ヨーロッパおおなまず
Wels catfish (Silurus glanis)
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痺鯰しびれなまず
electric catfish (any species of family Malapteruridae, esp. species Malapterurus electricus)