单词 | pine-cone fish |
释义 | > as lemmaspine-cone fish pine-cone fish n. any of several small, oval marine fishes constituting the Indo-Pacific family Monocentridae, which are armoured with large heavy scales and have light organs on the lower jaw. ΚΠ 1931 E. G. Boulenger Fishes xv. 118 The most extraordinary members of the Order are the Pine-Cone Fishes (Monocentridæ). Their small, three- or four-inch-long bodies are covered with a cuirass composed of rough plates like those of a pine-cone. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xv. 249/2 Included among the beryciforms are such relatively shallow-water luminescent forms as pinecone fishes and flashlight fishes. < as lemmas |
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