| 单词 | freshwater herring |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfreshwater herring freshwater herring n. any of various freshwater fishes thought to resemble a herring.Examples include the common dace ( Leuciscus leuciscus), various kinds of whitefish (genus Coregonus), and the endemic Australian fish Potamalosa richmondia. ΚΠ 1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 288 The Dace or Dare is the Fresh-water Herring; a Fish that is common and constant; one that loves to divert himself, and is the Angler's Diversion: for it's rare to come to the Waterside, and find him out of Humour to bite. 1714 Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 262 It does not abound with many sorts of Fish, but those that are are very good, such as Salmon, Trout, Pike, Breame, Roch, Eels and Pollans, with which last it does abound: The English call them fresh Water Herrings, for want of another Name; for Pollan is an Irish Name. 1865 J. Couch Hist. Fishes Brit. Islands IV. 292 An attempt to obtain examples of the Pollan in Ireland was met with the reply that no fish was known by that name, although..it was discovered that the Fresh-water Herring was familiarly known to every one. 2006 F. Prokop Austral. Fish Guide (2010) ii. 38 The freshwater herring is an attractive silvery fish with the characteristic ventral scutes (serrations) of the true herrings. 2007 E. Palmer Sc. Canoe Classics 103 Cowal has some of the finest loch and mountain scenery in Scotland, including Loch Eck with a prehistoric freshwater herring. < as lemmas |
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