单词 | redbelly |
释义 | redbellyadj.n. A. adj. (attributive). Chiefly in the names of animals, esp. fish: having a red belly or red underparts; cf. red-bellied adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > red- or rust-coloured > red-bellied redbellya1552 red-bellied1597 a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) V. 38 In these 2. Pooles be redde bely Fisches caullid Thorgoughe, id est, thori aut pectoris rubei. 1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 131 (note) Red-Belly Land-Snakes. 1742 C. Owen Ess. Nat. Hist. Serpents ii. 126 The Red-belly-Snake, this is so called from its ruddy Colour, which inclines to an Orange-red. 1820 C. S. Rafinesque in Western Rev. & Misc. Mag. May 237 Redbelly shiner. Luxilus erythrogaster. 1845 J. S. Skinner Dog & Sportsman xii. 97 Red belly squirrel. 1899 Dubuque (Iowa) Daily Herald 6 Apr. 2/5 The business of developing ‘sliders’ and ‘red belly’ terrapins has begun in the waters of Kent county. 1946 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 65 243 Red belly sunfish, Lepomis auritus (Linnaeus). 1984 Amer. Midland Naturalist 111 33 The redbelly snake Storeria occipitomaculata occurs over much of the eastern United States and southern Canada. 1991 L. M. Page & B. M. Burr Field Guide Freshwater Fishes 84 Southern Redbelly Dace Phoxinus erythrogaster. 2000 Jrnl. Herpetol. 34 497 We examined summer use of American alligator..nests by nesting turtles, principally Florida redbelly turtles (Pseudemys nelsoni). B. n. 1. British regional and Irish English. The Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus; (formerly) spec. a variety found in certain Welsh lakes (cf. torgoch n.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salvelinus > salvelinus alpinus redbelly1751 Arctic char1849 ombre chevalier1862 saibling1884 1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Winander-Mere There is a fish very much like it [sc. the char] (but of another species, supposed to be the case) called torgoch, or red-belly. 1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. III. 579 Loch-Borley affords, in great abundance, a species of trouts called Red Bellies. 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 71 The Welsh Charr is the Torgoch or Red-belly of Wales. 1914 G. C. Pringle Peebles & Selkirk 42 Red-belly is a common dialectic term for the char. 2. Chiefly U.S. a. The redbreast sunfish, Lepomis auritus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Centrarchidae (sun-fish) > [noun] > member of genus Lepomis (sun-fish) bream1634 roach1637 sunfish1685 round robin1709 yellowbelly1775 redbelly1791 brim1795 sun perch1804 pumpkin seed1815 sunny1835 bluegill1877 redbreast1877 tobacco-box1877 red-eared sunfish1889 shell-cracker1889 sun1896 redear1931 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 14 We presently took some fish, one kind of which is very beautiful; they call it the red-belly. 1858 De Bow's Rev. Oct. 443 I discovered that the red-bellies were constructing their nests or beds in the shallows around the pond. 1877 Jordan in Smithsonian Coll. XIII. ix. 20 A fine species called Red-belly, Black-ears, Black-tail Sun-fish [etc.]. 1966 Daily Inter Lake (Montana) 8 May 7/5 Bud Withey..took nine red bellies from Hungry Horse Reservoir. 1994 J. Carter Outdoor Jrnl. (new ed.) 22 As Rachel and I moved up or down the stream from hole to hole, we tried to catch redbellies (redbreast sunfish). 2006 Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) 14 May b4/4 Red bellies, like most of the other members of the sunfish tribe, are nest builders. b. Any of several North American minnows of the genus Phoxinus, which have red undersides, black and yellow stripes along the sides, and yellow fins; esp. P. erythrogaster. Also with distinguishing word. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > member of redbelly1820 cyprinoid1849 1820 Western Rev. 2 237 It [sc. Luxilus erythrogaster]..might be called..Kentucky Red belly. I saw it in the Kentucky river. 1876 D. S. Jordan Man. Vertebr. Northern U.S. 284 Kentucky Red-Belly. Similar but even more brilliant; a dark band through eye to base of anal..; belly silvery or crimson. 2003 D. Sternberg Ultimate Guide Freshwater Fishing iii. 339 Redbellies have a distinct lateral band..and a reddish to yellowish belly. c. Any of several dark-coloured American turtles of the genus Pseudemys (family Emydidae), typically having reddish coloration on at least the margins of the plastron; esp. P. rubriventris of the eastern United States. Also with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > family Emydidae (freshwater turtles) > member of (terrapin) river tortoise1601 river turtle1672 terrapin1672 skilly-pot1807 emys1843 pond tortoise1862 redbelly1877 slider1877 1877 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) at Terrapin The most celebrated is the diamond-back; there are also the yellow-bellies, red-bellies, loger-heads, snuff-boxes, etc. 1890 Amer. Naturalist 24 374 Tortoises sold in the markets of Philadelphia... The ‘red-belly’, Chelopus insculptus. 1952 A. Carr Handbk. Turtles 272 Although never attaining the high position of the diamondback in public esteem, the red-belly formerly supported regular fisheries. 1979 L. Behler & F. W. King Audubon Field Guide Reptiles 451 Red-bellies prefer basking sites near deep water. 2007 South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Nexis) 27 May There are at least eight species of turtles historically found in the Groves.., including..Florida Red Bellies, Peninsula Cooters and Red-Eared Sliders. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Serranidae (sea-bass) > [noun] > member of genus Epinephelus (grouper) rockfish1605 grouper1615 jewfish1679 mero1763 red grouper1822 kingklip1834 coney1884 redbelly1890 1890 Cent. Dict. Redbelly,..5. The red grouper, Epinephelus morio. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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