| 单词 | patagonian toothfish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPatagonian toothfish Patagonian toothfish n. a large deep-sea fish of the southern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Dissostichus eleginoides (family Nototheniidae); the flesh of this fish as food; also called Chilean sea bass. ΚΠ 1988 Economist 28 May 76/2 Since the late 1960s Patagonian toothfish and other species have been netted in such quantities that one group of conservationists, Greenpeace, wants a ten-year ban on fishing for them. 1997 New Scientist 8 Nov. 12/2 Members of the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)..will this week put new limits on catches of the deep-water Patagonian toothfish, Dissostichus eleginoides, known in the US as the Chilean sea bass. 2003 Daily Tel. 6 Feb. 6/5 The long-lived and endangered Patagonian toothfish is best known as a delicacy on the menus of seafood restaurants. < as lemmas |
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