| 单词 | roe mullet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroe mullet b. Chiefly U.S. With the name of a fish, designating a female in roe, as roe herring, roe mullet, roe salmon, roe shad, etc. ΚΠ 1865 Mrs. Goodfellow Cookery as it should Be 131 Potted Shad. Select fresh melt shad, as they are fatter and better than the roe shad. 1868 C. Swett Trip Brit. Honduras 74 We think a roe herring would be good—none to be obtained. 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 451 The ‘Roe Mullet’ weigh about two and a half pounds, and are caught in November and until Christmas. 1908 A. Butt Let. 10 Oct. (1924) 129 I have ordered a Potomac roe herring for breakfast to-morrow. 1973 N.Y. Mag. 30 July 68/3 We..took the dinghy in to pick up a huge roe shad for $3. 1993 Social Probl. 40 41 A 1991 ruling..would have extended weekend closures on the commercial roe mullet harvest. 1996 A. Muszynski Cheap Wage Labour v. 216 The conflict came to a head over the lucrative roe salmon. < as lemmas |
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