razor-fishn.

Brit.

/ˈreɪzəfɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈreɪzərˌfɪʃ/

Forms: see razor n. and fish n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: razor n., fish n.¹

Etymology: < razor n. + fish n.¹

1. Any of several fishes; esp. (a) a wrasse of the genus Xyrichtys, having a narrow head enabling it to burrow in sand; (b) a fish of the family Centriscidae of the tropical Indo-Pacific, having a long snout and a laterally compressed body covered in thin bony plates, and swimming with the head pointing downwards.The interpretation of quot. 1440 is unclear; alternatively it could be interpreted as showing sense 2 or could represent an entirely different animal.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Labrioidei (wrasse) > [noun] > member of

razor-fish1753

stranger1875

senorita-fish1882

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 424 Rasowre fysche, rasorius.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Novacula piscis, the rasor-fish..the name of a sea-fish caught in the Mediterranean, and some other seas.

1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. III. 150 The Razor fish..has a very large head, but compressed, as well as the whole body, and there is scarce any thing that can be called a snout.

1883 Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 27. 436 Xyrichthys lineatus... Razor-fish. West Indies; west Florida.

1975 A. Wheeler Fishes of World 147/1 Centriscus scutatus Razorfish.

1984 Biotrop Spec. Publ. No. 22. 51 (title) Predator-prey relationship of the sea-urchin Diadema setosum and the razor fish Aeoliscus strigatus under tank conditions.

1994 Environmental Biol. Fishes 41 403 Green razorfish are Caribbean wrasses that live in harems on shallow sand or seagrass beds.

2. = razor shell n.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Siphonida > sinu-pallialia > family Solenidae

razorc1311

spout1525

spout-fish1594

razor-fish1602

sheath-fish1602

hagfish1611

pitot1611

solen1661

sheath shell1712

sheatha1717

razor shell1752

knife-handle1755

sea-pencil1755

razor-shell clam1792

long clam1811

scabbard razor-shell1813

scimitar razor-shell1819

spout shell1848

scimitar1855

razor clam1860

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 32 The Sheath, or Razor-fish, resembleth in length and bignesse a mans finger.

1637 T. Morton New Eng. Canaan ii. vii. 91 Raser fishes there are.

1703 J. Petiver Musei Petiveriani ix. 88 Solen nostres vulgaris... The Sheath-fish..or Razor-fish.

1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIII. 336 Shell-fish abound here, such as limpets, muscles, wilks, clams, spout fish, or razor-fish, lobsters, crabs, &c.

1803 F. W. Blagdon tr. P. S. Pallas Trav. Southern Provinces Russ. Empire II. 466 I have nowhere met with any rare sea-muscles; only the razor-fish [Ger. Messerhefte], or Solen, of the Bosphorus.

1884 E. Ingersoll in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 707 The Californian Razor-fish (Siliqua patula) is also edible.

1950 E. Paul Springtime in Paris xi. 214 Sampling eagerly the oysters, clams, palourdes, cockles, mussels, snails, razor-fish or sea-urchins.

1989 Scotsman 26 May 13 Razor fish, among other molluscs, are the animal's natural feeding in the wild.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	razor-fish
释义	razor-fishn. Brit. /ˈreɪzəfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈreɪzərˌfɪʃ/ Forms: see razor n. and fish n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: razor n., fish n.¹ Etymology: < razor n. + fish n.¹ 1. Any of several fishes; esp. (a) a wrasse of the genus Xyrichtys, having a narrow head enabling it to burrow in sand; (b) a fish of the family Centriscidae of the tropical Indo-Pacific, having a long snout and a laterally compressed body covered in thin bony plates, and swimming with the head pointing downwards.The interpretation of quot. 1440 is unclear; alternatively it could be interpreted as showing sense 2 or could represent an entirely different animal. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Labrioidei (wrasse) > [noun] > member of razor-fish1753 stranger1875 senorita-fish1882 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 424 Rasowre fysche, rasorius. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Novacula piscis, the rasor-fish..the name of a sea-fish caught in the Mediterranean, and some other seas. 1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. III. 150 The Razor fish..has a very large head, but compressed, as well as the whole body, and there is scarce any thing that can be called a snout. 1883 Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 27. 436 Xyrichthys lineatus... Razor-fish. West Indies; west Florida. 1975 A. Wheeler Fishes of World 147/1 Centriscus scutatus Razorfish. 1984 Biotrop Spec. Publ. No. 22. 51 (title) Predator-prey relationship of the sea-urchin Diadema setosum and the razor fish Aeoliscus strigatus under tank conditions. 1994 Environmental Biol. Fishes 41 403 Green razorfish are Caribbean wrasses that live in harems on shallow sand or seagrass beds. 2. = razor shell n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Siphonida > sinu-pallialia > family Solenidae razorc1311 spout1525 spout-fish1594 razor-fish1602 sheath-fish1602 hagfish1611 pitot1611 solen1661 sheath shell1712 sheatha1717 razor shell1752 knife-handle1755 sea-pencil1755 razor-shell clam1792 long clam1811 scabbard razor-shell1813 scimitar razor-shell1819 spout shell1848 scimitar1855 razor clam1860 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 32 The Sheath, or Razor-fish, resembleth in length and bignesse a mans finger. 1637 T. Morton New Eng. Canaan ii. vii. 91 Raser fishes there are. 1703 J. Petiver Musei Petiveriani ix. 88 Solen nostres vulgaris... The Sheath-fish..or Razor-fish. 1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIII. 336 Shell-fish abound here, such as limpets, muscles, wilks, clams, spout fish, or razor-fish, lobsters, crabs, &c. 1803 F. W. Blagdon tr. P. S. Pallas Trav. Southern Provinces Russ. Empire II. 466 I have nowhere met with any rare sea-muscles; only the razor-fish [Ger. Messerhefte], or Solen, of the Bosphorus. 1884 E. Ingersoll in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 707 The Californian Razor-fish (Siliqua patula) is also edible. 1950 E. Paul Springtime in Paris xi. 214 Sampling eagerly the oysters, clams, palourdes, cockles, mussels, snails, razor-fish or sea-urchins. 1989 Scotsman 26 May 13 Razor fish, among other molluscs, are the animal's natural feeding in the wild. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1440
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