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Answer for the clue "Sweetfish ", 3 letters:
ayu

Word definitions for ayu in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A sweetfish, an amphidromous fish of East Asia, the only member of its genus, (taxlink Plecoglossus altivelis species noshow=1), named and prized for its sweet-tasting flesh. It is a game fish and is also subject to extensive aquaculture.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The ayu is a species of fish. Ayu may also refer to: Ayu (given name) ayu , a local name for the African manatee Ayu (singer) or Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer Ayu Islands , a small archipelago in Indonesia Ayu, Dawei , a village in Burma AYU refers to: ...

Usage examples of ayu.

There were low couches along the walls, covered with draperies of native weaving, or the skins of the ayu, a sort of fresh-water seal found in the Benuwe.

The largest was a flat lacquer dish with two grilled, salted ayu poised on their bellies as though they were swimming down the river together.