单词 | red roman |
释义 | > as lemmasred roman 1. Any of various sea breams (family Sparidae) with red or pink coloration; spec. Chrysoblephus laticeps, found off South African coasts. Now usually red roman. Cf. red man n. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sparidae (sea-breams) > [noun] > member of genus Chrysoblephus stompneus1705 roman1790 red man1798 dageraad1853 1790 E. Helme tr. F. Le Vaillant Trav. Afr. I. ii. 22 Among those [fish] in greatest estimation, they distinguish the rooman [Fr. le Rooman] a red fish [etc.]. 1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. i. 30 Next to the Roman are the red and the white Steenbrassems. 1804 R. Percival Acct. Cape of Good Hope 43 The most common is the Roman fish... It is of a deep rose colour and of the perch kind. 1893 H. A. Bryden Gun & Camera Southern Afr. xx. 449 Many of the fish in Cape waters furnish excellent eating; the Roman, kingklipvisch, stomneus, steenbras, and klipvisch being among the choicest. 1957 S. Schoeman Strike! iii. 32 It is universally known as ‘roman’, although some anglers and fishermen call it ‘rooi roman’ (red roman). 1971 Argus (Cape Town) 14 May 14 John Hughes shot a roman of 4,1 kg—which is equal to the South African spearfishing record. 2005 Femina (S. Afr.) Feb. 116/1 You can steer middle ground with a prawn curry or red roman in soy, ginger and garlic. red roman 2. Any of various large nocturnal sun spiders (order Solifugae) with a yellowish-brown body. Now usually red roman. Cf. red man n. 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > division Pseudoarachnida > order Solpugida > member of solpugid1869 sun spider1898 roman1905 wind-scorpion1912 solifugid1925 solifuge1935 wind-spider1959 red man1966 1905 F. Purcell in W. Flint & J. D. F. Gilchrist Sci. in S. Afr. III. iii. 178 The large nocturnal..species of Solpuga..are variously known by the name of Romans, Jagd-spinnekoppen (Hunting Spiders) or Haar-sheerders (Hair cutters). c1939 S. H. Skaife S. Afr. Nature Notes 81 Everybody will agree that the creatures known variously as jerrymunglums, haarskeerders, jag-spinnekoppe, or romans are among the most repulsive of all living creatures. 1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xiv. 233 On the farm we know..the nocturnal species [of spiders] as Rooimans or Red Men, and of these latter I can neither think nor speak except in capitals. 2007 R. Piper Extraordinary Animals viii. 272 They are known by a variety of names other than sun spider; these include, wind scorpion, camel spider, red roman, haarskeerders, and baardskeerders. < as lemmas |
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