单词 | long-spined |
释义 | long-spinedadj. Of an animal or plant: having long spines. Frequently in the names of animals, esp. fish. ΚΠ 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 129 The totally-yellow, long-spined Spur-shell. 1787 T. Pennant Suppl. to Arctic Zool. 29 A very singular long-spined echinus with a small body. 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 63 Father-Lasher, Long-Spined Cottus. Lucky Proach. Scotland. 1892 W. L. Distant Naturalist in Transvaal 43 Trees are more plentiful, but are principally long-spined acacias..and other hard-wooded species. 1951 T. C. Roughley Fish & Fisheries Austral. 138 The long-spined flathead has received its name from the prominence of a preopercular spine on each side of the head. 2009 Daily Tel. 28 Aug. 11/4 Rob Spray, 42, and Dawn Watson, 39, have captured pictures of vibrant marine creatures including..a formidable long-spined sea scorpion. Compounds long-spined sea urchin n. any of several sea urchins with long spines; esp. Diadema antillarum, with very long black spines, which is abundant on the reefs of the western Atlantic and Caribbean. ΚΠ 1893 Nature 30 Mar. 518/2 Last week's captures include the Nemertine Lineus marinus..and the long-spined sea-urchin (Echinus acutus). 1922 Biol. Bull. 43 374 The long-spined sea-urchin, Centrechinus antillarum (Phil.), is abundant on the flats near the Miami Aquarium. 2004 Dive Sept. 87/2 There are lots of long-spined sea urchins, which provide lots of opportunities to locate the elusive clingfish. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1752 |
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