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Sentence #238455

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 jgauthier jgauthier January 19, 2013 January 19, 2013 at 5:34:28 AM UTC link Permalink

"fish" would be better, no?

Dejo Dejo January 19, 2013 January 19, 2013 at 6:03:10 AM UTC link Permalink

@jgauthier. At first glance I thought so too, but it turns out that in biology "fishes" means various species of fish.
http://grammarist.com/usage/fish-fishes/

CK CK January 19, 2013 January 19, 2013 at 7:21:01 AM UTC link Permalink


I've added the other way as an alternate translation of the Japanese sentence.

Whales are similar to fish in shape.
http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/2152770

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Whales are similar to fishes in shape.

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➜ #176010鯨は魚と形が似ている。

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➜ #443175Les baleines ressemblent aux poissons dans leur forme.

linked by ajira86, July 30, 2010
➜ #607062Balenoj en aspekto similas al fiŝoj.

linked by esocom, November 7, 2010
➜ #1018972Na forma, as baleias são parecidas com os peixes.

linked by une_monica, August 2, 2011
➜ #1004420Las ballenas, por su forma, se parecen a los peces.

linked by marcelostockle, January 3, 2012
➜ #1850409Parang kaanyo ng balyena ang isda.

linked by nonong, September 18, 2012
➜ #1281945Las ballenas tienen una forma parecida a la de los peces.

linked by marcelostockle, November 20, 2013
➜ #3662823Киты формой похожи на рыб.

linked by sharptoothed, December 15, 2014
➜ #2152778Wale haben eine ähnliche Gestalt wie Fische.

linked by Pfirsichbaeumchen, December 20, 2014
➜ #2152779Wale ähneln der Gestalt nach Fischen.

linked by Pfirsichbaeumchen, December 20, 2014