| 单词 | jolly-tail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjolly-tail jolly-tail n. Australian a small freshwater fish of the genus Galaxias, esp. G. attenuatus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > [noun] > member of family Galaxiidae mudfish1502 inanga1845 cockabully1874 smig1879 mountain trout1882 kokopu1886 jolly-tail1892 minnow1898 bully1912 1892 P. L. Simmonds Commerc. Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) Suppl. 463/2 Jolly-tail, a small fresh-water fish of Australia..highly esteemed as a delicacy for the table. There are several species. 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 224/1 Jolly-tail, n. a Tasmanian name for the larger variety of the fish Galaxias attenuatus, Jenyns, and other species of Galaxias. 1951 T. C. Roughley Fish & Fisheries Austral. (rev. ed.) 156 It [sc. whitebait] is composed mainly of the young fry of small fish called minnows or jollytails (Galaxias attenuatus). 1965 Austral. Encycl. V. 141/2 Jollytails, small freshwater fishes (Galaxias) rarely attaining a length of 8 inches. < as lemmas |
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