| 单词 | river lamprey |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriver lamprey river lamprey n. a lamprey occurring in rivers; spec. (in Europe) the lampern, Lampetra fluviatilis, and (in western North America) L. ayresii. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superclass Agnatha > [noun] > suborder Petromyzontoidei or genus Petromyzon > member of (lamprey) > fresh-water lampern1324 pride?a1325 river lamprey1600 sand-prey1836 sand-pride1836 sandlurker1859 1600 W. Vaughan Nat. & Artific. Direct. Health ii. v. 21 Riuer Lampreyes choked with nutmegs and cloues, and fryed with bread, oyle, and spices, is a princely dish and doth very, much good. 1740 R. Brookes Art of Angling i. xxxviii. 81 The River-Lamprey, contrary to the manner of other Fish, procreate their Species with their Bellies join'd together. 1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 362 It has been questioned whether this fish [sc. Petromyzon branchialis] is not the young form of the river lamprey. 1931 E. G. Boulenger Fishes iii. 47 The River Lamprey, or Lampern, differs from its larger relative in its dentition and smaller size of the sucking disc. 1995 Canad. Jrnl. Fisheries & Aquatic Sci. 52 644 The major prey of river lamprey [sc. Lampetra ayresi] is Pacific herring. < as lemmas |
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