| 释义 |
‖ oxyrhynchus Zool.|ɒksɪˈrɪŋkəs|
[ad. Gr. ὀξύρρυγχος sharp-snouted, epithet of a fish.]
1. A fish (Mormyrus oxyrhynchus) found in the Nile, esteemed sacred by the ancient Egyptians.
1706Phillips, Oxyrinchus, the Spit-nose, a sort of River⁓fish. 1851Museum Nat. Hist. II. 152 The oxyrhinchus is very commonly represented in the paintings of Thebes, Beni-Hassan and Memphis. 1865J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire (1872) 223 The oxyrhincus, the eel, the lepidotus, and some other kinds of fish are sacred; and at Thebes they are embalmed by the priests.
2. Ornith. A genus of American tyrant flycatchers, characterized by a long straight sharp-pointed bill.
1868Eng. Cycl. s.v. Picidae, Neither does the intervention of the Wryneck with its wormlike tongue, or of Oxyrhyncus with its acute bill, do more than indicate the broken links of the chain. |