| 单词 | red sea bream |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred sea bream red sea bream n. †(a) a fish of the West Pacific that can cause ciguatera poisoning, apparently a red snapper of the genus Lutjanus or Symphorus (obsolete); (b) any of several reddish fishes of the family Sparidae; esp. Pagellus bogaraveo of the eastern Atlantic and western Mediterranean, and Pagrus major of the north-west Pacific (cf. red bream n.). ΚΠ 1778 J. Trusler Descriptive Acct. Islands Discov. South-Seas 130 Upon the coast [of Mallicolo, i.e. Malekula in Vanuatu] is caught a poisonous fish called a Red Sea-bream, which, if eaten in any quantity, will prove fatal. 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 104 The Spanish Bream. Pagellus erythrinus... Erythrinus Rondeletii, Red Sea Bream, Walcott's MS. 1989 Copeia No. 4. 1073/2 Tanaka and Katayama..enhanced the coloration of red sea bream, Pagrus major, with a diet of sea mussels. 2000 Daily Tel. 11 July 2/7 Most of the species at risk—including..black scabbardfish, orange roughy and red sea bream—were already ‘over-exploited’. < as lemmas |
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