单词 | pearlsides |
释义 | > as lemmaspearlsides pearlsides n. (also pearl-side) a small cosmopolitan marine fish, Maurolicus muelleri (family Sternoptychidae), having a row of pale blue light-organs along its belly and tail. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > [noun] > member of Sternoptychidae (sea hatchet-fish) hatchet fish1848 pearlsides1859 1859 J. Richardson Yarrell's Hist. Brit. Fishes (ed. 3) I. 331 The designation of Pearl-side is now substituted for that of Argentine. 1969 A. Wheeler Fishes Brit. Isles & N.-W. Europe 135 The most common of these is the pearl-side (also known as the Sheppy argentine). 1985 A. Wheeler World Encycl. Fishes 254/1 Pearlsides is a name bestowed in England on a fish which is probably cosmopolitan in the open sea. < as lemmas |
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