| 单词 | red horse fish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred horse fish a. Any of various North American suckers (freshwater fishes of the family Catostomidae), of the genus Moxostoma or related genera, having the lower fins (and often the dorsal fin and tail) bright red or orange. Frequently with distinguishing word. Also more fully red horse fish, red horse sucker. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Catostomidae (suckers) > unspecified and miscellaneous types sucker1753 jumping-mullet1767 buffalo-fish1774 buffalo1789 red horse1796 sucking carp1804 carpsucker1828 hogmolly1877 hogsucker1877 suckerel1888 hog mullet1889 1796 B. Hawkins Let. in Georgia Hist. Soc. Coll. IX. 38 This is the most valuable creek known here for..trout, perch, rock, red horse. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 663 The rivers are well stocked with..trout, perch, cat-fish, buffaloe-fish, red horse, eels, &c. 1866 Athletic Sports for Boys 142 For bait you can use minnows, large chubs, small suckers, red-horse, or frogs. 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 437 The ‘Red Horses’ belong to the genus Moxostoma and the related Minytrema and Placopharynx, and usually have their lower fins bright red. 1927 R. H. Early Campbell Chron. & Family Sketches 132 Red horse fish from the Staunton run up into Otter river. 1949 ‘J. Nelson’ Backwoods Teacher 11 He showed us a ‘red horse’ swimming among the roots of a willow. 1992 Canad. Geographic Mar. 23 There are even a few [freshwater fishes] exclusive to the Richelieu River basin, like the copper redhorse, a shy member of the sucker family. 1996 Vermont Life Autumn 92/2 On this short river he has landed..bluegills, crappies, red-horse suckers, river suckers, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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