单词 | lump sucker |
释义 | > as lemmaslump sucker lump sucker 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 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) III. iv. 133 Lump sucker. 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes (1859) II. 343 The Lump Sucker is remarkable for its very grotesque form. 1883 Official Catal. Internat. Fisheries Exhib. (ed. 4) 105 A Lump Sucker, caught at S. Leonards. 1959 A. Hardy Fish & Fisheries x. 193 Another surprise in this first haul was a lumpsucker Cyclopterus lumpus which I had previously decided to leave out of the book, thinking it to be an entirely coastal species... Its body is covered with little protuberances giving it a somewhat toad-like appearance; but it is bright with a pink hue on its lower parts. 1974 Observer 15 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 76/2 They [sc. the female lumpfish] swim off leaving the males in charge, who cling to the rock by means of a suction disc between the pelvic fins—hence yet another name, lumpsucker. < as lemmas |
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