单词 | red gurnard |
释义 | > as lemmasred gurnard The chief species are distinguished respectively as grey gurnard, red gurnard (otherwise cuckoo-gurnard), lineated gurnard, streaked gurnard, French gurnard (or rock-gurnard), sapphirine gurnard, and shining gurnard (or long-finned gurnard) .extracted from gurnardgurnetn.red gurnard red gurnard n. (a) the gurnard Aspitrigla cuculus, which is a deep red colour and is found in the north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean; (b) Australian and New Zealand the blue-fin gurnard, Chelidonichthys kumu, an edible Indo-Pacific fish which is reddish or brownish above and white below. ΚΠ a1672 F. Willughby Ichthyogr. (1686) Table S 2 Cuculus Salv., Red Gurnard or Rochet. 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) III. iv. 278 The spines are longer and slenderer in those of the red gurnard. 1846 Zoologist 4 1402 The Red Gurnard, Trigla cuculus. This species is frequently called ‘soldier’. 1872 F. W. Hutton & J. Hector Fishes N.Z. 113 Gurnard... The Red Gurnard or Kumukumu..is very abundant during the summer months in the harbours in the north. 1978 N. Coleman Austral. Fisherman's Fish Guide 20 A brilliantly coloured fish when landed on the deck, the red gurnard is..able to change its colours to suit its surroundings. 2006 Cornish Guardian (Nexis) 9 Aug. 64 The red gurnard..is found throughout the English Channel but is comparatively rare in some areas. < as lemmas |
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