单词 | dogtooth tuna |
释义 | > as lemmasdogtooth tuna dogtooth tuna n. a tuna, Gymnosarda unicolor, of the Indian Ocean and West Pacific, having relatively large teeth. ΚΠ 1930 Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. 39 228 Polynesians at one time may have named or rated fish numerically... The va'u (a large scombroid, christened ‘Dog-tooth Tuna’ by Mr. Zane Grey) number eight. 1960 Bull U.S. Nat. Mus. No. 202. 417 This tuna was given the name dogtooth tuna by the commercial fishermen because it had teeth larger than those of any other species of tuna caught at Bikini. 2004 Dive Sept. 26 You will see packs of giant, darting almaco jacks, dogtooth tuna or maybe a passing squadron of mobula rays. < as lemmas |
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