单词 | greater forkbeard |
释义 | > as lemmasgreater forkbeard greater forkbeard n. (also greater forked beard) an elongated gadoid fish, Phycis blennioides (family Phycidae), having a barbel on the chin and distinctive pelvic fin rays reduced to long forked filaments, found in the north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean. ΚΠ 1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 158 The Lesser Hake..is known on the coast of Cornwall by the name of the greater forked beard. 1864 J. Couch Hist. Fishes Brit. Islands III. 125 Goatfish. The Greater Forkbeard, Phycis furcatus. 1962 Irish Naturalists' Jrnl. 14 41 The fisheries research vessel caught..eight Greater Forkbeards whilst trawling in Bantry Bay. 2016 Sunday Times (Nexis) 17 Jan. 10 Customers at Oscar's can expect a wide range of lesser-known fish such as bluemouth and Sweaty Betty (aka greater forkbeard). < as lemmas |
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