| 释义 |
grunion|ˈgrʌnjən|
[Prob. ad. Sp. gruñón grunter.]
A small Californian marine fish, Leuresthes tenuis, which comes ashore to spawn.
1917Overland Monthly Dec. 529/1 Of all the peculiar fish of which the southern coast of California boasts, the Grunyon is the most peculiar, on account of its phenomenal manner of spawning. 1919Fish Bulletin (Calif. Fish & Game Commission) 15 July 3 At Long Beach no name other than ‘grunion’ is ever heard, although one gleans from scientific works such names as ‘silver-sides’ and ‘little-smelt’. 1927Glasgow Herald 17 Sept. 4 A very striking rhythm is exhibited by a Californian smelt, called the Grunion. Ibid., This is a very adaptive rhythm that works out profitably for the race of grunions. 1932M. Miller I cover Waterfront 112 The spring tides, which accompany the full and the dark of the moon, are the time-tables by which the grunion runs can be predicted. 1965A. J. McClane Standard Fishing Encycl. 167/1 The grunion come completely out of the water to spawn in moist beach sand at which time they are caught by hand. |