† cook fishn.

Forms: 1600s cooke fish, 1600s 1800s–1900s cook fish.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cook n.², fish n.¹

Etymology: Probably < cook n.² (although this is first attested later) + fish n.¹Apparently originating in a misapprehension of cook n.² (which denotes the cuckoo wrasse; compare sense 2) as showing cook n.¹ or cook v.¹, and hence applied to the related brown wrasse (popular as a food and game fish); compare the folk etymology reported in quot. 1655 at sense 1. Earlier currency in sense 2 (as well as apparent confusion between the two fish) is probably either implied or shown by the following example of cock fish (which should perhaps be regarded as a genuine variant):1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xiv. 332/1 A Sea Merle, or Cock Fish; so called from the colour of a Bird named so;..yet the Bird is black; but the Fish is of a deep Violet.

Obsolete.

1. The brown wrasse, Labrus merula, of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, popular as a food and game fish.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Labrioidei (wrasse) > [noun] > family Labridae > member of (wrasse)

old wife1585

merle1601

rockfish1605

cook fish1611

wrasse1686

wroth1750

bergle1795

partridge1890

bluehead1919

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Merle de mer, the Cooke-fish, or sea-Tench; a duskie, and daintie fish, that resembles a Perch.

1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xviii. 150 The Cook-fish, is so called of the seamen, because he so pleasantly tasteth when he is well sod.

1747 R. James Pharmacopœia Universalis iii. ii. 519/2 Merucla [sic] is also the Name of a Fish, called the Cook fish, which is found in the Ocean. Trallian recommends it in an hepatic Dysentery from cold Intemperature, and Epilepsy.

2. The cuckoo wrasse, Labrus mixtus, of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean; spec. the brightly-coloured male which is yellow-orange with blue and purple markings.The female of the cuckoo wrasse was previously called the red wrasse.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Labrioidei (wrasse) > [noun] > family Labridae > genus Labrus > labrus mixtus (red wrasse)

cook wrasse1803

red wrasse?a1808

cook fish1888

1888 Rep. & Trans. Cardiff Naturalists' Soc. 19 ii. 116 Then we have the handsome Cook Fish or Cuckoo Wrasse (Labrus mixtus), the colours of which, when freshly caught, are brilliant; the body is bright orange, with purple stripes.

1925 Proc. Leeds Philos. & Lit. Soc. (Lit. & Hist. Section) Oct. 39 In English, the male of the labrus mixtus Fries and Ekström is called cook conner, cook cunner, cook fish, cook wrasse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cook fish
释义	† cook fishn. Forms: 1600s cooke fish, 1600s 1800s–1900s cook fish. Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cook n.², fish n.¹ Etymology: Probably < cook n.² (although this is first attested later) + fish n.¹Apparently originating in a misapprehension of cook n.² (which denotes the cuckoo wrasse; compare sense 2) as showing cook n.¹ or cook v.¹, and hence applied to the related brown wrasse (popular as a food and game fish); compare the folk etymology reported in quot. 1655 at sense 1. Earlier currency in sense 2 (as well as apparent confusion between the two fish) is probably either implied or shown by the following example of cock fish (which should perhaps be regarded as a genuine variant):1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xiv. 332/1 A Sea Merle, or Cock Fish; so called from the colour of a Bird named so;..yet the Bird is black; but the Fish is of a deep Violet. Obsolete. 1. The brown wrasse, Labrus merula, of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, popular as a food and game fish. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Labrioidei (wrasse) > [noun] > family Labridae > member of (wrasse) old wife1585 merle1601 rockfish1605 cook fish1611 wrasse1686 wroth1750 bergle1795 partridge1890 bluehead1919 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Merle de mer, the Cooke-fish, or sea-Tench; a duskie, and daintie fish, that resembles a Perch. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xviii. 150 The Cook-fish, is so called of the seamen, because he so pleasantly tasteth when he is well sod. 1747 R. James Pharmacopœia Universalis iii. ii. 519/2 Merucla [sic] is also the Name of a Fish, called the Cook fish, which is found in the Ocean. Trallian recommends it in an hepatic Dysentery from cold Intemperature, and Epilepsy. 2. The cuckoo wrasse, Labrus mixtus, of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean; spec. the brightly-coloured male which is yellow-orange with blue and purple markings.The female of the cuckoo wrasse was previously called the red wrasse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Labrioidei (wrasse) > [noun] > family Labridae > genus Labrus > labrus mixtus (red wrasse) cook wrasse1803 red wrasse?a1808 cook fish1888 1888 Rep. & Trans. Cardiff Naturalists' Soc. 19 ii. 116 Then we have the handsome Cook Fish or Cuckoo Wrasse (Labrus mixtus), the colours of which, when freshly caught, are brilliant; the body is bright orange, with purple stripes. 1925 Proc. Leeds Philos. & Lit. Soc. (Lit. & Hist. Section) Oct. 39 In English, the male of the labrus mixtus Fries and Ekström is called cook conner, cook cunner, cook fish, cook wrasse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1611
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