kugtong
Appearance
Cebuano
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kúgtong (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓᜄ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔)
- (folklore) giant fish that can cause earthquakes by shaking islands from underneath
- any of several fish species in the family Serranidae:
- white-edged lyretail (Variola albimarginata)
- slender grouper (Anyperodon leucogrammicus)
- two-banded soapfish (Diploprion bifasciatum)
- any of several fishes in the genera Epinephelus, Plectropomus, and Cephalopholis