| 单词 | kingston ray |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskingston ray The monkfish of eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean waters, Squatina squatina. More fully kingston fish, kingston ray. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > angel-fish or monk-fish monkfish1582 sea-monk1611 sea-devil1634 kingston1666 angelfish1668 skate1668 piper1673 mermaid fish1738 fiddle-fish1748 fiddler1750 monk1756 angel shark1776 shark-ray1836 puppy-fish1880 squat1884 sea-angel1891 1666 C. Merrett Pinax Rerum Naturalium Britannicarum 186 Squatina, a Kingstone. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) The king's stone..Squatina. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery xxi. 163 Fish in Season..Thornback, and Homlyn, Kinson, Oysters [etc.]. 1770 W. Hewson in Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 205 I next went to Brighthelmstone, where I found kingston, or monk-fish, a species of skate. a1793 J. Hunter Ess. & Observ. (1861) II. 405 The kingston fish and torpedo would seem to be in a middle state between the shark and the skate. 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 407 It is common on the coasts of Kent and Sussex, where it is called a kingston. 1898 Fishing Gaz. 3 Dec. 454/3 The monk or angel fish..is a distinct species entirely, and generally known by the following local terms: Monk fish, angel fish,.., Kingston ray. 1914 Country Life 25 July 143/2 This curious species, known to the local fishermen as the ‘Kingston’ or ‘fiddle-fish,’ can hardly be said to be rare. < as lemmas |
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