† nun-fishn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nun n.¹, fish n.¹

Etymology: < nun n.¹ + fish n.¹, apparently so called on account of its appearance (see quot. 1661).

Obsolete. rare.

A kind of shellfish (not identified, but cf. nun n.¹ 4).

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > miscellaneous types > other types of mollusc

squame1393

shell-worm1591

spout-fish1594

pentadactyl1601

sea cucumber1601

pirot1611

worm1621

nun-fish1661

scarlet mussel1672

sea-navel1678

redcap?1711

strawberry cockle1713

sea-finger1748

sea-nail1748

sea-acorn1755

coneya1757

compass1776

bubble shell1818

glass-shell1851

golden comb1857

cryptodont1893

nuculoid1960

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 234 Nun-fishes. Monachæ. Muff. Are a wholesome and delicate meate, as any periwinckle... Their face is white, their head covered with a black vaile like the nuns of Saint Bridgets Order, so had the name.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	nun-fish
释义	† nun-fishn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nun n.¹, fish n.¹ Etymology: < nun n.¹ + fish n.¹, apparently so called on account of its appearance (see quot. 1661). Obsolete. rare. A kind of shellfish (not identified, but cf. nun n.¹ 4). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > miscellaneous types > other types of mollusc squame1393 shell-worm1591 spout-fish1594 pentadactyl1601 sea cucumber1601 pirot1611 worm1621 nun-fish1661 scarlet mussel1672 sea-navel1678 redcap?1711 strawberry cockle1713 sea-finger1748 sea-nail1748 sea-acorn1755 coneya1757 compass1776 bubble shell1818 glass-shell1851 golden comb1857 cryptodont1893 nuculoid1960 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 234 Nun-fishes. Monachæ. Muff. Are a wholesome and delicate meate, as any periwinckle... Their face is white, their head covered with a black vaile like the nuns of Saint Bridgets Order, so had the name. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1661
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