| 单词 | mouth brooder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmouth brooder mouth brooder n. any of various freshwater fishes of the families Cichlidae and Ariidae which protect their eggs, and sometimes their newly hatched offspring, by carrying them in the mouth. ΚΠ 1970 J. Gilbert Freshwater Trop. Fishes 181 Genus Haplochromis is found in various parts of Africa and is known as a mouth-breeder or mouth-brooder. 1999 Sci. Amer. Feb. 47/2 The mouth brooders lay far fewer eggs than other fishes—sometimes no more than 10—and so invest much time and energy per offspring. < as lemmas |
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