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单词 pike-head
释义 pike-head|ˈpaɪkhɛd|
[f. pike n.4, n.5 + head.]
1. The metal head of a pike (n.5).
1596Spenser F.Q. iv. vii. 27 He..therein left the pike-head of his speare.1659Rushw. Hist. Coll. I. 464 The Enemy holds upon their Pike-heads mutton, capons, turkies, &c. to let the English see they had no want.1841Lever C. O'Malley lxxxi, The Cossacks with the red beards..and long poles with pike-heads on them.
2. A fish of the family Luciocephalidæ.
So pike-headed a., having a head with long snout and jaws, like those of the pike (n.4); as pike-headed alligator, pike-headed anolis; pike-headed whale, the piked whale: see piked 2 b.
1769Pennant Zool. III. 40 Pike-headed whale..this species takes its name from the shape of its nose, which is narrower and sharper pointed than that of other whales.1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. VI. 193 The Pike-headed Whale.1890Cent. Dict. s.v., Pike-headed alligator, the common Mississippi alligator..Alligator lucius.
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