cow-fishn.

Etymology: cow n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcow-fish.

1. The sea-cow or manatee.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Placentalia > [noun] > order Sirenia > genus Trichechus (manatee)

manatee1555

cow-fish1634

lamantin1666

manatoid1890

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 212 [In Mauritius] The Mannatee or Cow-fish for taste and shape can pose both feeders and beholders.

1853 A. R. Wallace Narr. Trav. Amazon xvii. 512 Their food is entirely produced by the river, consisting of the Manatus, or cow-fish, which is as good as beef.

2. A dolphin, porpoise, or grampus.

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1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 212 Shoals of cowfish..played their uncouth gambols.

3. A fish, Ostracion quadricorne, of the Indian and American seas, having the head and body covered with plates of bone closely united, and two strong spines like horns over the eyes.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Tetraodontiformes (puffers) > [noun] > family Ostraciontidae (trunk-fish) > member of genus Ostracion

ostracion1658

boxfish1798

trunk-fish1804

cow-fish1870

coffer-fish1884

1870 Amer. Naturalist 3 467 The odd-looking trigonal Trunk-fish (Lactophrys camelinus De Kay), sometimes called Cow-fish, a profile view of the head much resembling that of a cow.

1885 A. Brassey In Trades 407 The beautifully coloured ‘cow-fish’..with an expression of face exactly resembling that of a very benignant cow, horns and all.

1885 C. F. Holder Marvels Animal Life 84 I noticed several small cow-fishes come out of a hole.

4. (See quots.)

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1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Cowfish, a name commonly applied to Mactra lutraria, Mya arenaria, or any other large oval shell-fish, Orkney.

1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 61 Koo-fish, a species of shell-fish, the ‘Venous’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	cow-fish
释义	cow-fishn. Etymology: cow n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcow-fish. 1. The sea-cow or manatee. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Placentalia > [noun] > order Sirenia > genus Trichechus (manatee) manatee1555 cow-fish1634 lamantin1666 manatoid1890 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 212 [In Mauritius] The Mannatee or Cow-fish for taste and shape can pose both feeders and beholders. 1853 A. R. Wallace Narr. Trav. Amazon xvii. 512 Their food is entirely produced by the river, consisting of the Manatus, or cow-fish, which is as good as beef. 2. A dolphin, porpoise, or grampus. ΚΠ 1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 212 Shoals of cowfish..played their uncouth gambols. 3. A fish, Ostracion quadricorne, of the Indian and American seas, having the head and body covered with plates of bone closely united, and two strong spines like horns over the eyes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Tetraodontiformes (puffers) > [noun] > family Ostraciontidae (trunk-fish) > member of genus Ostracion ostracion1658 boxfish1798 trunk-fish1804 cow-fish1870 coffer-fish1884 1870 Amer. Naturalist 3 467 The odd-looking trigonal Trunk-fish (Lactophrys camelinus De Kay), sometimes called Cow-fish, a profile view of the head much resembling that of a cow. 1885 A. Brassey In Trades 407 The beautifully coloured ‘cow-fish’..with an expression of face exactly resembling that of a very benignant cow, horns and all. 1885 C. F. Holder Marvels Animal Life 84 I noticed several small cow-fishes come out of a hole. 4. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Cowfish, a name commonly applied to Mactra lutraria, Mya arenaria, or any other large oval shell-fish, Orkney. 1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 61 Koo-fish, a species of shell-fish, the ‘Venous’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1634
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