单词 | ichthyology |
释义 | ichthyologyn. a. The natural history of fishes as a branch of zoology. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > fish ichthyology1646 ichthyography1736 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxiv. 169 Some there are in the Land which were never maintained to be in the Sea..which carry no name in Icthyologie. View more context for this quotation 1773 H. Jackson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 8 The latest, and perhaps the most accurate author on icthyology. 1842 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone (ed. 2) ii. 59 The labours of these two great men in fossil ichthyology. 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 2 The commencement of the history of Ichthyology coincides with that of Zoology generally. b. The ichthyological features or characteristics (of a district), the fishes (of a region) as subjects of scientific study. ΚΠ 1816 Gentleman's Mag. 86 ii. 616 The Ichthyology of these parts of North America. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1646 |
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