paddlefishn.

Brit.

/ˈpadlfɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈpædlˌfɪʃ/

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

Etymology: < paddle n.¹ + fish n.¹ Compare earlier pallet-fish n. at pallet n.³ Compounds 2.

1. Either of two large freshwater fishes with very long, flat snouts, related to and resembling sturgeons and constituting the family Polyodontidae (subclass Chondrostei), Polyodon spathula of the Mississippi river system and Psephurus gladius of the Yangtze river.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > [noun] > infraclass Chondrostei > order Acipenseriformes > member of family Polydontidae

pallet-fish1686

paddlefish1807

spoonbill1882

spoonbill cat1882

1807 C. W. Janson Stranger in Amer. 191 The paddle-fish..is four feet and four inches in length. The snout resembles in shape the paddle used by Indians in crossing rivers.

1888 Amer. Naturalist 22 747 The flesh of the paddle-fish..is poor and tough.

1892 J. A. Thomson Outl. Zool. 430 [Ganoidei] The paddle-fish or spoon-bill of the Mississippi.

1908 Cent. Mag. July 457/1 In Louisiana it [sc. Polyodon spatula] is known as billfish, billdom, and paddlefish.

1948 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 15 May 26/2 They were assailed by questions about the Paddlefish, the Brindled Stonecat, or the Tessellated Darter.

1962 K. F. Lagler et al. Ichthyol. iv. 110 Examples of partly scaled fishes include the paddlefish (Polyodon)..that inhabits streams in Central North America and has also a near-relative, the freshwater swordbill, Psephurus, in China.

1994 Nature 25 Aug. 602/2 In China, the Gezhouba dam on the Yangtze River virtually eradicated giant Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius).

2. The oarfish, Regalecus glesne. rare.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > [noun] > order Lampridiformes > member of family Regalecidae (oar-fish)

shelp1553

swathe-fish1668

riband fish1751

ribbonfish1798

sea-serpent1851

oarfish1860

tape-fish1885

paddlefish1953

1953 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Sept. 11/5 One of the world's rarities, an oarfish, or paddle fish, believed to be the origin of sailors' tales of sea serpents, has been caught off Sydney Heads.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	paddlefish
释义	paddlefishn. Brit. /ˈpadlfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈpædlˌfɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: paddle n.¹, fish n.¹ Etymology: < paddle n.¹ + fish n.¹ Compare earlier pallet-fish n. at pallet n.³ Compounds 2. 1. Either of two large freshwater fishes with very long, flat snouts, related to and resembling sturgeons and constituting the family Polyodontidae (subclass Chondrostei), Polyodon spathula of the Mississippi river system and Psephurus gladius of the Yangtze river. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > [noun] > infraclass Chondrostei > order Acipenseriformes > member of family Polydontidae pallet-fish1686 paddlefish1807 spoonbill1882 spoonbill cat1882 1807 C. W. Janson Stranger in Amer. 191 The paddle-fish..is four feet and four inches in length. The snout resembles in shape the paddle used by Indians in crossing rivers. 1888 Amer. Naturalist 22 747 The flesh of the paddle-fish..is poor and tough. 1892 J. A. Thomson Outl. Zool. 430 [Ganoidei] The paddle-fish or spoon-bill of the Mississippi. 1908 Cent. Mag. July 457/1 In Louisiana it [sc. Polyodon spatula] is known as billfish, billdom, and paddlefish. 1948 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 15 May 26/2 They were assailed by questions about the Paddlefish, the Brindled Stonecat, or the Tessellated Darter. 1962 K. F. Lagler et al. Ichthyol. iv. 110 Examples of partly scaled fishes include the paddlefish (Polyodon)..that inhabits streams in Central North America and has also a near-relative, the freshwater swordbill, Psephurus, in China. 1994 Nature 25 Aug. 602/2 In China, the Gezhouba dam on the Yangtze River virtually eradicated giant Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius). 2. The oarfish, Regalecus glesne. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > [noun] > order Lampridiformes > member of family Regalecidae (oar-fish) shelp1553 swathe-fish1668 riband fish1751 ribbonfish1798 sea-serpent1851 oarfish1860 tape-fish1885 paddlefish1953 1953 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Sept. 11/5 One of the world's rarities, an oarfish, or paddle fish, believed to be the origin of sailors' tales of sea serpents, has been caught off Sydney Heads. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1807
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