| 单词 | lumpfish |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslumpfish lumpfish n. = main sense. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Cyclopteridae (lump-fishes) > cyclopterus lumpus (lump-fish) lump1545 mugle1574 paddle1589 sea-owl1601 snot-fish1655 sea-poult1658 werrell1658 cockpaddle1684 urchin lumpfish1688 bagaty1710 lumpfish1744 sucker1753 suck-fish1753 lump sucker1776 red lump1832 sucking-fish1867 sea-hen1892 1620 T. Venner Via Recta iv. 76 Lompe-fish. The Lumpe or Lompe, is a fish so named from his shape and likenesse, and is in taste agreeable to the name. 1744 J. Parsons in Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 385 The Phoca..is rather like a Lump~fish, and almost triangular. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xvii. 121 Under the name of lump-fishes I include all those whose ventral fins unite to form a disk or sucker by which they are enabled to adhere to the rocks. 1885 C. F. Holder Marvels Animal Life 21 The lump-fish is..accredited with being a nest builder. 1969 H. Horwood Newfoundland 223 A lumpfish that I weighed on a pier-head in Conception Bay a few years ago went over thirty pounds. 1972 Country Life 30 Nov. 1541/3 You can afford to entertain with the real thing [sc. Sevruga caviar] and not pass off Danish Lumpfish roe (dyed black) as a substitute. 1974 Observer 15 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 76/2 The lumpfish, known also as the cock- or hen~paddle on account of the thick crest shaping its back, is a creature of character. 1974 Observer 15 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 76/2 There is lumpfish caviare, which comes dyed black, and pearly, in small glass pots from Iceland and Denmark. < as lemmas |
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