| 单词 | handfish |
| 释义 | > as lemmashandfish handfish n. any of various anglerfishes constituting the family Brachionichthyidae, which walk on the seabed using modified pedunculate pectoral fins that resemble hands. ΚΠ 1760 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XIV. xvi. 92 The Manati, or hand-fish, scribed. The next rare fish of the Africans..that of the Manati, as the Spaniards call it, on account of its having seemingly two hands. 1832 Synopsis Contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 27) 58 The Hand Fish (Chironectes) have a compressed head and body, a smaller mouth, and the first dorsal fin placed between the eyes. 1902 Twentieth Cent. Cycl. II. 372/1 The pectoral fins [are] supported, like short feet, upon peduncles, by means of which they are enabled to creep over mud and sand.., and also to take short leaps like a frog, whence the name frog-fish, as well as hand-fish. 2007 G. S. Helfman Fish Conservation ii. ii. 45/2 The spotted handfish, Brachionichthys hirsutus, ironically also known as the common handfish, belongs to an endemic and unusual Australian family. < as lemmas |
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