| 释义 |
bogue|bəʊg|
[Fr. (16 c.), f. OPr. boga, f. med.L. boca, L. bōx (see boce1), Gr. βῶξ, contraction of βόαξ a grunting fish.]
= boce1.
1862J. Couch Fishes Brit. Isl. I. 225 In some parts of the European side of the Mediterranean the Bogue is a common fish... The first British example we have a record of was caught..at St. Mawes. Ibid. 226 The Bogue grows to the length of eight or nine inches. 1880F. Day Fishes Gt. Brit. I. 28 Sparidæ: Box vulgaris..Bogue..Habitat. From the southern shores of the British isles as far south as Madeira and the Canaries... Common throughout the Mediterranean. 1936J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isl. (ed. 2) 41 The Bogue (Box vulgaris) is also a Mediterranean species [of Sea Bream] which occasionally migrates into British waters. |