| 单词 | pea-spawn |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspea-spawn pea-spawn n. see sense 4a. pea-spawn a. The pea-sized egg(s) or roe of certain fishes. Also more fully pea-roe, †pea-spawn. Now regional (British and North American). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > [noun] > spawn peasesa1398 rawna1425 rown1440 roec1450 kelka1475 spawn1491 roan1525 redd1547 pea1758 1736 J. Gyles Mem. Odd Adventures & Signal Deliverances vi. 27 Thus lying together the Female [Salmon] ejects a Spawn, like a Pea; the Male a Sperm like Milk, which sink among the Gravel.] 1758 R. Griffiths Descr. Thames 172 The Female [Salmon] discharges her Pea or Spawne. 1773 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 64 120 A roe, which is here [sc. in Ireland] called a pea. 1802 G. V. Sampson Statist. Surv. Londonderry 330 The ova, or pea [of salmon], continue in the sand or gravel for three months. 1837 J. Kirkbride Northern Angler 88 The pea-roe is tried when the river is clear, for killing brandlings, or par. 1876 G. B. Goode Animal Resources U.S. 40 Baits... Pea-roe of cod, (used in French sardine-fisheries). 1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Pea-spawn. 1956 C. R. Fay Life & Labour in Newfoundland 20 The roes should be broken to pieces into a tub of water and stirred round with a stick till every particle or pea be separated from each other. 1963 R. M. Nance Gloss. Cornish Sea-words 123 Pay-raw, paisy-raw, the hard or ‘pea’ roe of a fish. < as lemmas |
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