pomacentridadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌpəʊməˈsɛntrɪd/, U.S.

/ˌpoʊməˈsɛntrəd/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin Pomacentrus , -id suffix³.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Pomacentrus, genus name ( Lacépède Hist. nat. des poissons (1802) IV. 517; < ancient Greek πῶμα lid, cover (see poma n.¹) + κέντρον : see centrum n.) + -id suffix³, after scientific Latin Pomacentridae, family name (1846 or earlier). Compare French Pomacentres, plural noun (Lacépède 1819).

Zoology.

A. adj.

Of, relating to or resembling a fish of the family Pomacentridae, which comprises typically small, frequently brightly coloured fishes of temperate and tropical seas and includes the damselfishes.

ΚΠ

1858 C. Girard Fishes in Rep. Explor. Route to Pacific (U.S. War Dept.) X. 160 The Pomacentrid family has yielded, so far, but one species along the Pacific coast of North America.

1948 Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. 5 149 (title) Pomacentrid fishes symbiotic with giant sea anemones in Indo-Pacific waters.

1991 R. S. K. Barnes & K. H. Mann Fund. Aquatic Ecol. (ed. 2) vii. 137/1 As an example of the founder-control mechanism, consider three species of herbivorous pomacentrid fish that co-occur on the upper slope of Heron Reef, part of the Australian Great Barrier Reef.

B. n.

A pomacentrid fish.

ΚΠ

1903 Amer. Naturalist 37 137 The Chætodonts, Labroids and Pomacentrids are placed first among Percomorphous fishes.

1931 J. R. Norman Hist. Fishes xii. 246 Interesting examples of commensalism occur among the Pomacentrids or Damsel-fishes (Pomacentridae) of tropical coral reefs.

2000 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 45 362 Pomacentrids were about an order-of-magnitude less light-sensitive than apogonids.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pomacentrid
释义	pomacentridadj.n. Brit. /ˌpəʊməˈsɛntrɪd/, U.S. /ˌpoʊməˈsɛntrəd/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin Pomacentrus , -id suffix³. Etymology: < scientific Latin Pomacentrus, genus name ( Lacépède Hist. nat. des poissons (1802) IV. 517; < ancient Greek πῶμα lid, cover (see poma n.¹) + κέντρον : see centrum n.) + -id suffix³, after scientific Latin Pomacentridae, family name (1846 or earlier). Compare French Pomacentres, plural noun (Lacépède 1819). Zoology. A. adj. Of, relating to or resembling a fish of the family Pomacentridae, which comprises typically small, frequently brightly coloured fishes of temperate and tropical seas and includes the damselfishes. ΚΠ 1858 C. Girard Fishes in Rep. Explor. Route to Pacific (U.S. War Dept.) X. 160 The Pomacentrid family has yielded, so far, but one species along the Pacific coast of North America. 1948 Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. 5 149 (title) Pomacentrid fishes symbiotic with giant sea anemones in Indo-Pacific waters. 1991 R. S. K. Barnes & K. H. Mann Fund. Aquatic Ecol. (ed. 2) vii. 137/1 As an example of the founder-control mechanism, consider three species of herbivorous pomacentrid fish that co-occur on the upper slope of Heron Reef, part of the Australian Great Barrier Reef. B. n. A pomacentrid fish. ΚΠ 1903 Amer. Naturalist 37 137 The Chætodonts, Labroids and Pomacentrids are placed first among Percomorphous fishes. 1931 J. R. Norman Hist. Fishes xii. 246 Interesting examples of commensalism occur among the Pomacentrids or Damsel-fishes (Pomacentridae) of tropical coral reefs. 2000 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 45 362 Pomacentrids were about an order-of-magnitude less light-sensitive than apogonids. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1858
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