| 单词 | emperor fish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasemperor fish emperor fish n. (a) = emperor angelfish n.; (b) = emperor bream n. [In sense (a) after German Kaiserfisch (1787 as †Kayserfisch : M. E. Bloch Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische II. 148); compare the scientific Latin specific name imperator (1787 in Chaetodon imperator , on the same page in Bloch's work). Compare emperor of Japan n.] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > miscellaneous types > [noun] mudfish1502 sprat1552 frogfish1598 rockfish1605 yellowtaila1622 sleeper1668 picarel1688 hogfish1735 porkfish1735 sucker1753 zebrafish1771 yellowbelly1775 white steenbras1801 stone-toter1817 stargazer1842 warehou1848 baardman1853 goatfish1864 holostome1864 spot snapper1876 suck-fish1876 mademoiselle1882 queenfish1883 cigar-fish1884 emperor fish1884 rock beauty1885 oilfish1896 aholehole1897 berrugate1898 Photoblepharon1902 sweet-lip1934 rabbitfish1941 redbait1960 1884 tr. J. J. Rein Japan: Trav. & Res. i. vii. 193 None of them can compare with the proud angel-fish of the West Indies (Holacanthus ciliaris) or the Emperor-fish [Ger. Kaiserfisch] (H. imperator) of the Indian Ocean. 1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. V. 344 The splendidly-coloured emperor-fish (H[olacanthus] imperator)..ranges from the east coast of Africa to the Indian and Malayan seas. 1949 Oxf. Junior Encycl. II. 373/2 The best-known [Butterfly-fish] is the Emperor Fish of Indian seas, a very gaudy fish, with its yellow stripes crossing a blue or brown body, and blue and white markings on head and fins. 2012 National (Abu Dhabi) (Nexis) 14 Oct. The old centre is currently breeding hammour and subaiti fish to be released into the wild, having managed to do the same with emperor fish last year. < as lemmas |
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