释义 |
cottoid, a. and n. Zool.|ˈkɒtɔɪd| [f. mod.L. Cottus name of a genus of fishes + -oid.] Belonging to a family of fishes of which the type is Cottus, a genus related to the ‘Miller's thumb.’ As n. A fish of this family.
1854R. Owen in Circ. Sc. (c. 1865) II. 96/2 Percoids, sciænoids, cottoids. |