メロ

From Spanish mero (“grouper”).

メロ • (mero) 

1. Chilean sea bass; the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)

   Synonyms: マジェランアイナメ (majeran ainame), 銀ムツ (ginmutsu), チリアンシーバス (chirian shī basu)

2. various species similar to D. eleginoides sold for food, especially Dissostichus mawsoni or Channa maculata

Clipping of メロディ, from English melody.

メロ • (mero) 

1. (chiefly compounds) melody, a sequence of musical notes
2. a verse or chorus of a song

   イントロ→メロ→サビという構(こう)成(せい)

   intoro → mero → sabi to iu kōsei

   an “intro → melody → hook” structure

• 駅(えき)メロ (ekimero, “station melody, train jingle”)
• A(エー)メロ (ē-mero, “verse”), B(ビー)メロ (bī-mero, “bridge”)

Clipping of メロドラマ, from English melodrama.

メロ • (mero) 

1. (compounds only) melodrama

• 昼(ひる)メロ (hirumero, “daytime drama”)