单词 | queen triggerfish |
释义 | > as lemmasqueen triggerfish queen triggerfish n. a deep-bodied, blue and yellow triggerfish, Balistes vetula, found mainly in the tropical West Atlantic and Caribbean; also called old wife. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Tetraodontiformes (puffers) > [noun] > family Balistidae (trigger-fish) old wife1585 trigger-fish1849 queen triggerfish1906 1906 Englewood (Chicago) Times 15 June 2/4 The combination of wonderful blues and greens, purples, pale yellows and luscious rose tints are calculated to put a Queen Trigger fish to shame. 1924 J. T. Nichols in J. O. La Gorce Bk. Fishes 166/2 The gaudy colors of the Queen Trigger-fish..are an exception among such forms. 1986 Lethaia 19 339 Remains of jawed polychaetes were recovered from stomach contents of queen triggerfish (Balistes vetula L.). < as lemmas |
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