单词 | fortescue |
释义 | fortescuen. Australian. A scorpænid fish, Centropogon australis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Scorpaenidae (scorpion-fishes) > centropogon australis (fortescue) fortescue1874 1874 E. S. Hill in J. E. Tenison-Woods Fish & Fisheries New S. Wales (1882) 49 The scorpion or Fortescue..bear that name no doubt in memory of the pain they have hitherto inflicted; and for its number and array of prickles it enjoys in this country the alias ‘Forty skewer’ or ‘Fortescure’. 1882 J. E. Tenison-Woods Fish & Fisheries New S. Wales 49 The ‘Fortescue’..is a common fish in Port Jackson, with a very long dagger-shaped preorbital spine. 1896 F. G. Aflalo Sketches Nat. Hist. Austral. 228 Fortescue (Pentaroge)..is a terrible pest, lurking among the débris in the nets and all but invisible. 1951 T. C. Roughley Fish & Fisheries Austral. 129 Most fishermen on the eastern Australian coast are familiar with..the fortesque (Centropogon australis). 1968 G. P. Whitley et al. Animals of World: Austral. 21/2 Several related fishes such as the..Fortescue (Centropogon australis) are less severe in their toxic effects. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1874 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。