| 单词 | angel shark |
| 释义 | > as lemmasangel shark angel shark n. any of various bottom-dwelling sharks comprising the genus Squatina (family Squatinidae), having flattened bodies and wing-like pectoral fins; esp. the monkfish S. squatina, which is native to the northeastern Atlantic; also with distinguishing word.Cf. angelfish n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > angel-fish or monk-fish monkfish1582 sea-monk1611 sea-devil1634 kingston1666 angelfish1668 skate1668 piper1673 mermaid fish1738 fiddle-fish1748 fiddler1750 monk1756 angel shark1776 shark-ray1836 puppy-fish1880 squat1884 sea-angel1891 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) III. Pl. XII Angel Shark. 1883 Official Catal. Internat. Fisheries Exhib. (ed. 4) 108 Monk Fish or Angel Shark, caught at Lynn, Norfolk. 1985 K. Banister & A. Campbell Encycl. Underwater Life 136/2 The angelsharks are unusual, being very flat, and are considered to be more closely related to the skates and rays than to the more ‘typical’ sharks. 2009 Contra Costa (Calif.) Times (Nexis) 27 May San Francisco's Aquarium of the Bay celebrated the rare births of four Pacific angel sharks today. < as lemmas |
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