单词 | purse-eyed |
释义 | > as lemmaspurse-eyed purse-eyed adj. [after scientific Latin crumenophthalmus, specific name (1793)] designating the bigeye scad, Selar crumenophthalmus, a carangid fish of warm seas which has very large eyes that are almost covered with thick fatty tissue. ΚΠ 1803 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. IV. 599 Purse-eyed Mackrel, Scomber Crumenophthalmus. 1983 Nat. Hist. (Nexis) Dec. 10 The main fish caught by this technique, the purse-eyed scad, can only be acquired during a portion of the night hours. < as lemmas |
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