| 释义 |
atherine|ˈæθəraɪn|
Also 8 athorine.
[ad. mod.L. atherīna, a. Gr. ἀθερίνη a kind of smelt.]
Name given to various species of smelt.
[1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Atherina..is a small fish of the length and thickness of a finger.] 1770Phil. Trans. LX. Introd. 14 The Gwiniad and Athorine. 1854Badham Halieut. 285 The argentina, or Tiber pearl-fish, is strikingly like the atherine or sea smelt. |