xanguet

Uncertain. The form of the word has been influenced by sang (“blood”) as the name is applied to various fishes also known as peixos sense sang or "fishes without blood".

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ʃəŋˈɡɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ʃəŋˈɡət]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [t͡ʃaŋˈɡet]

xanguet m (plural xanguets)

1. transparent goby (Aphia minuta)

   Synonyms: cabeçuda, jonquillo

2. the juvenile form of various schooling fish, such as the pilchard and anchovy

• “xanguet”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007