| 释义 |
‖ mahseer|ˈmɑːsɪə(r)|
Also mahase(e)r, mahsir, marseir, Dicts. mah(a)sur, maseer.
[Hindī mahāsir, believed to represent Skr. mahāçiras ‘bighead’. Another Hindī name is mahāsaula, of obscure origin.]
A large Indian freshwater cyprinoid fish, Barbus tor, resembling the barbel.
1854Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. xvii. 398 A fine ‘Mahaser’ (a very large carp). 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Mahaseer. 1859Lang Wand. India 3 In the broad tributaries to the Ganges and the Jumna, may be caught [with a fly] the mâhseer, the leviathan salmon. 1880Günther Fishes 594 The ‘Mahaseer’ of the mountain streams of India. 1894Pollok Incid. For. Sport 355 Mahseer Fishing. Ibid. 366, I got 277 pounds of mahseer. |