单词 | dentex |
释义 | dentexn. The common name of a sea bream, Dentex dentex, found in the Mediterranean and along the North African Atlantic coast; also used for other members of the genus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sparidae (sea-breams) > [noun] > member of family Denticidae (Kapenaar) > member of genus Dentex dental1753 dentex1836 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 112 Duhamel..mentions a Dentex that weighed no less than seventy pounds. 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 389 Dentex—..Marine fishes rather locally distributed in the Mediterranean. 1925 Countries of World IV. 2673/1 The dentex and barracada pike. 1953 tr. Cousteau's Silent World 10 Below I saw a big blue dentex (bream) with a bitter mouth and hostile eyes. 1957 R. Campbell Portugal iv. 70 The Azores are as good for under-water fishing as the Berlengas... Dentex..grow to a great size there. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1836 |
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