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单词 molligut
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molligutn.

Brit. /ˈmɒlɪɡʌt/, U.S. /ˈmɑliˌɡət/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English molly , gut n.
Etymology: < molly, the name of various types of fish in U.S. regional English (see below), probably < the female forename Molly + gut n. Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. s.v. molly n.1 records use of that word to denote the striped mullet, mudfish, pompano, warmouth, and hog-sucker; compare hogmolly n. at hog n.1 Compounds 2d.
U.S. regional.
The goosefish, Lophius americanus.
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1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 173 The Goose Fish or Monk Fish Lophius piscatorius... The names of the fish are many... In Eastern Connecticut [it is called] ‘Molligut’.
1911 Fisheries U.S. 1908 (U.S. Bur. Census Special Rep.) 310/2 Goosefish... Local names are ‘angler’, ‘fishing frog’,..‘molligut’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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