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bitterling|ˈbɪtəlɪŋ| [G., f. bitter bitter a. (transl. L. amārus) + -ling, -ling1.] A small carp-like freshwater fish, Rhodeus amarus, of Central Europe.
1880Günther Fishes 601 The European species is known in Germany by the name of ‘Bitterling’. 1911Encycl. Brit. XX. 794/2 Rhodeus amarus, the bitterling,..injects its eggs into the mantle-cavity of pond-mussels, where the fry develop. 1959J. Clegg Freshwater Life Brit. Isles (ed. 2) xvi. 266 The Bitterling..uses one species [of mussel] in particular, the Painter's Mussel..as a nursery for its young. |