Old Fourlegsn.

Brit.

/ˌəʊl(d) ˈfɔːlɛɡz/, U.S.

/ˌoʊl(d) ˈfɔrˌlɛɡz/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., four adj., leg n.

Etymology: < old adj. + four adj. + the plural of leg n., with allusion to the former belief (see quot. 1997), later shown to be unfounded, that the fish walked on its four leg-like fins.

colloquial.

(A nickname for) the coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > [noun] > subclass Crossopterygii or order Coelacanthiformes > member of

cœlacanth1857

crossopterygian1861

latimeria1940

lobe-fin1941

Old Fourlegs1956

1956 J. L. B. Smith (title) Old Fourlegs: the story of the coelacanth.

1970 J. McIntosh Stonefish 246 Wispy fish and bushy fish; and deformed ones like Old Four Legs, the coelacanth.

1988 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 27 Feb. 7 Fifty years after Old Fourlegs was caught near East London..the coelacanth is to be the subject of a new documentary.

1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xiii. 205/2 J. L. B. Smith (1956) called the coelacanth ‘Old Four Legs’, in reference to the leglike appearance of the paired fins. This led to speculation that Latimeria literally walked along the bottom on its pectoral and pelvic fins.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	old fourlegs
释义	Old Fourlegsn. Brit. /ˌəʊl(d) ˈfɔːlɛɡz/, U.S. /ˌoʊl(d) ˈfɔrˌlɛɡz/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., four adj., leg n. Etymology: < old adj. + four adj. + the plural of leg n., with allusion to the former belief (see quot. 1997), later shown to be unfounded, that the fish walked on its four leg-like fins. colloquial. (A nickname for) the coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > [noun] > subclass Crossopterygii or order Coelacanthiformes > member of cœlacanth1857 crossopterygian1861 latimeria1940 lobe-fin1941 Old Fourlegs1956 1956 J. L. B. Smith (title) Old Fourlegs: the story of the coelacanth. 1970 J. McIntosh Stonefish 246 Wispy fish and bushy fish; and deformed ones like Old Four Legs, the coelacanth. 1988 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 27 Feb. 7 Fifty years after Old Fourlegs was caught near East London..the coelacanth is to be the subject of a new documentary. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xiii. 205/2 J. L. B. Smith (1956) called the coelacanth ‘Old Four Legs’, in reference to the leglike appearance of the paired fins. This led to speculation that Latimeria literally walked along the bottom on its pectoral and pelvic fins. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1956
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