| 释义 |
† ˈtursion Obs. rare.
[ad. L. tursio, -ōnem (Pliny).]
A porpoise.
1655Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. (1746) 257 Porpoises, Tursions, or Sea-hogs, are..never good till they be fat. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 217 Porpaise... Tursions, or Sea-hoggs are fatter than Dolphins. [1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Tursio or Tyrsio, a Sea-fish like a Dolphin, which some take for a Sturgeon, and others for a Porpoise.] |