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Russian Nouns 3.1
More Meats (Very Optional unless you need frog legs, squid, escargot, eel, etc…)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| кальмар | squid (squid meat: мясо кальмара) |
| осьминог | octopus (boiled octopus: варёный осьминог) |
| анчоусы | anchovies (килька is a common anchovie fish in Russia, and филе анчоусов is common to clarify) |
| сардины | sardines (fresh are really rare in Russia, сардины often implies canned) |
| крольчатина | rabbit (meat) |
| перепёлка | quail (implies whole) (quail eggs: перепелиные яйца) |
| гусь | goose (гусиный жир/goose fat is very common in Russian cooking) |
| лягушачьи лапки | frog legs (exotic) |
| оленина | venison |
| бизон | bison (bison steak: стейк из бизона) |
| кабанина | boar (meat) |
| сом | catfish (fried catfish: сом жареный) |
| тиляпия | tilapia (tilapia fillet: филе тиляпии) |
| треска | cod (печень трески/fish liver is very common in Russian cooking) |
| пикша | haddock (haddock fillet: филе пикши) |
| карп | carp (сазан is a specific carp that is much more common and considered better |
| форель | trout (радужная форель/rainbow trout is very common in Russian cooking) |
| угорь | eel (копчёный угорь/smoked eel is what is often sold in stores. унаги is a Japanese eel dish) |
| улитки по‑французски | escargot |
| фазан | pheasant (фазан тушёный/ stewed pheasant is the common form of pheasant) |
| кенгуру | kangaroo (kangaroo steak: стейк из кенгуру) (This word has no plural) (кенгурятина is a humorous version of the word) |
| верблюжатина | camel (meat) |
| мясо яка / мясо яки | yak (meat) (yak steak: стейк из яка) |
| северный олень | reindeer (оленина/ venison is the preferred and main word) |
| мясо аллигатора | alligator (meat) (хвост аллигатора is alligator tail) |