单词 | headstander |
释义 | headstandern. Any of several small freshwater fishes of the South American genera Anostomus (family Anostomidae) and Chilodus (family Chilodontidae), which typically adopt a head-down attitude, and some types of which may be kept in aquaria.These fishes are sometimes all placed in the family Anostomidae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous type porgy1725 knife-fish1799 kurper1831 goniodont1854 headstander1955 1955 Aquarium 24 221/1 (heading) First spawning of the headstander. 1977 Copeia No. 4. 659/2 Ostariophysi in which the fright reaction is absent [include] blind cave-fishes, piranhas, headstanders, pencilfishes, [etc.]. 2007 J. Tullock Freshwater Aquarium Models ix. 148 Anostomus anostomus is known as the striped headstander for its habit of swimming with its head dipped about 30 degrees toward the bottom. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1955 |
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