| 单词 | piper gurnard |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspiper gurnard piper gurnard n. see sense 2a. piper gurnard a. The lyre gurnard, Trigla lyra (from the sound it makes when caught). Also piper gurnard. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Triglidae (gurnards) > genus Trigla > trigla lyra (piper) piper1585 piper fish1585 sea-hen1611 sea-poult1658 werrell1658 harp-fish1661 lyra1706 lyre-fish1884 1585 [see piper fish n. at Compounds 1]. 1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 100 The Piper good for to be eaten. a1672 F. Willughby Ichthyogr. (1686) Tab. S. 1 Lyra Rond., The Piper. 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide iv. ii. 28 She has order'd for Dinner a Piper and Dory. 1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 234 The Piper is frequently taken on the western coasts. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iii. 185 The piper gurnard,..when taken from the water emits a singular sound. 1936 J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles (ed. 2) 54 A southern species, the Piper is only met with off our south and south-western coasts. 1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together i. v. 39 Silver king fish and snapper and jack and mullet and piper. 1996 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 65 597 (table) Piper gurnard Trigla lyra. < as lemmas |
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