单词 | lake-herring |
释义 | > as lemmaslake-herring lake-herring n. ΚΠ 1842 J. E. De Kay Zool. N.-Y. iv. 267 The Lake Moon-eye, Hyodon clodalis,..is common in Lake Erie. At Buffalo and Barcelona, it is called Moon-eye, Shiner, and Lake Herring. 1875 Amer. Naturalist 9 135 I received..a collection of deep water ‘Siscoes’... Compared with Coregonus most of the species have a more slender form; hence their popular name of ‘lake herrings’, although their resemblance to the sea herring is quite superficial. 1955 Arctic Terms 48/1 Lake herring, any of various whitefish of the genus Leucichthys, caught in great numbers in circumpolar fresh waters. Also called ‘cisco’. < as lemmas |
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