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fierasfer|faɪəˈræsfə(r)|
[mod.L. (L. Oken 1817, in Isis CXLVIII. 1182/1), f. Pr. fieras-fèr, fielat-fèr, f. fieras, f. OPr. filat thread, net (f. L. fīlum file n.2) + fèr fierce, wild (f. L. ferus ferous a.).]
A small parasitic fish of the family Carapidæ, which includes a genus once called Fierasfer, found in the Mediterranean and in British waters; also called pearlfish.
1843Proc. Zool. Soc. XI. 92 The occurrence in Madeira of a single individual, imposes the necessity of proposing, in lieu of the barbarous vernacular appellation Fierasfer, a name founded on an obvious character. 1876tr. P. J. van Beneden's Animal Parasites ii. 5 We see Fierasfers,..accompanied by Palæmons and Pinnotheres in the same animal. 1936J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles (ed. 2) 168 There are two representatives [of Ophidiidæ] which wander occasionally into British waters. These are the Bearded Ophidium..and the Fierasfer (Fierasfer dentatus). 1969A. Wheeler Fishes Brit. Isles & N.W. Europe 455/1 The pearlfishes or fierasfers are well known for their habit of living within the body of a holothurian (sea cucumber) host. |