单词 | basslet |
释义 | bassletn. Any of various small marine fishes, esp. one of the percid family Grammatidae of the western Atlantic, several members of which are brightly coloured and popular in tropical aquaria.fairy basslet: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > miscellaneous type of bluefish1622 parrotfish1656 emperor1666 blue hound-fish1672 green fish1743 reef fish1872 blue1885 flagtail1905 basslet1928 schoolmistress fish1929 1928 W. Beebe Beneath Tropic Seas x. 149 As I was watching the basslet, a garnet wrasse rushed my hook and swallowed it. 1968 J. E. Fitch & R. J. Lavenberg Deep Water Fishes Calif. 96 The pelagic basslet is the only small black fish in our waters with a bass-shaped body. 2003 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 29 Oct. (Neighbor section) 1 The Anthias, a small 4-inch basslet that lives in tropical waters. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1928 |
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