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单词 miss lucy
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Miss Lucyn.

Brit. /ˌmɪs ˈluːsi/, U.S. /ˌmɪs ˈlusi/, South African English /ˌmɪs ˈluːsi/
Forms: also with lower-case initials.
Origin: Apparently from a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: miss n.2, proper name Lucy.
Etymology: Apparently < miss n.2 + the personal name Lucy: further etymology unknown.
South African.
In the Eastern Cape province of South Africa: a red and silver marine fish, Chrysoblephus gibbiceps (family Sparidae) found off the coast; also called Lucy and red stumpnose.
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1949 J. L. B. Smith Sea Fishes 272 Chrysoblephus gibbiceps (Cuvier)...Red Stumpnose...Miss Lucy (Cape).
1976 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 23 Sept. 33 No second look is necessary to identify this fish as a miss lucy (red stump nose).
1998 Dispatch (East London. S. Africa) (Electronic ed.) 6 Oct. The best Miss Lucy was boated by K. Fricke on Sunjoy.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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