单词 | pikeminnow |
释义 | > as lemmaspikeminnow pikeminnow n. chiefly U.S. (a) the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus (now rare); (b) any of several freshwater cyprinid fishes native to North America which have an elongated head and body, esp. a fish belonging to the genus Ptychocheilus; cf. squawfish n. at squaw n. Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1899 H. M. Smith & B. A. Bean in Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. 1898 184 in U.S.Congress. Serial Set (55th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Doc. 308) XC Fundulus heteroclitus... ‘Pike Minnow’; Killifish; Mummichog; Mud Minnow. 1922 W. E. Hardenburg Mosquito Eradication ix. 176 The barred killifish, also known as the mud-fish, pike-minnow and salt-water minnow, is probably one of the most effective of the fish enemies of the salt marsh mosquito in the north. 1946 Bulletin (Wyoming Game & Fish Dept.) No. 4 74 Plains longnose dace; rock dace. Rhinichthys cataractae ocella... Colloquially it is known as ‘pike minnow’ and the ‘rock minnow’. 1947 Pop. Mech. Mar. 244/2 As many as 250 pike minnows have been found in a seven-pound burbot. 1999 Southwestern Naturalist 44 296/2 The common name of the genus Ptychocheilus has been changed from squawfish to pikeminnow. 2006 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 13 May a7 The Bonneville Power Administration is paying a bounty of $4 to $8 for each northern pikeminnow caught. < as lemmas |
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