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submitted 9 months ago by Meron35@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Swedish one is Oxögonfisk, which looks like a name of a metal band or a weird chemical name.

[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

[–] M137@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As written at the very start on Wikipedia:

'from Ancient Greek βόωψ, literally 'ox-eyed'

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Ah, so Swedish is literally using "ox eyed fish" as the name.