单词 | lucky proach |
释义 | > as lemmaslucky proach lucky proach n. [ < lucky adj. + a second element of unknown origin] Scottish (now rare) the long-spined bullhead, Taurulus bubalis.The name is sometimes, perhaps by confusion, associated with the similar short-spined bullhead, Myoxocephalus scorpius; cf. father-lasher n. ΚΠ 1806 J. Stark Picture of Edinb. 430 The Father-lasher or lucky-proach, and Grey Gurnard or crooner..are common, but are not esteemed. 1853 Hogg's Instructor 1 8/2 That famous Father Lasher, Tom Shack, Lucky Proach,..hooked..from holes and fissures in the weed-covered rocks. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xvii. 445 One of the commonest of shore-fishes is the sea-scorpion or bullhead (Cottus scorpius), first cousin of the smaller father-lasher or ‘lucky-proach’ (Cottus bubalis). < as lemmas |
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