| 释义 |
moggel|ˈmɒgəl|
Also moekul.
[Afrikaans; see quot. 1902.]
A South African freshwater fish of the genus Labeo, esp. L. capensis, belonging to the family Cyprinidæ.
1838J. E. Alexander Expedition Interior Africa I. vi. 144 My people came back in the evening with two or three large moekul or flat heads. 1902Trans. S. Afr. Philos. Soc. XI. 214 It [sc. Barbus capensis] is now, however, called by the Dutch ‘Moggel’—a word which..may be a corruption of the Latin Mugil, a generic name which has been applied to this fish, or it may refer to the general appearance and shape of this fish, ‘moggel’ in Dutch signifying a clumsy child. 1913[see baardman]. 1947K. H. Barnard Pict. Guide S. Afr. Fishes 52 The Sandfish or Moggel..has a more cylindrical body-shape... Its chief character is the mouth with its thick fleshy lips; these form a sucking disc with which the fish browses on the algae and weeds on the rocks. The barbels are not prominent. |