单词 | sea-dragon |
释义 | sea-dragonn. 1. Various fishes, as the weever; the bullhead; a dragonet (Callionymus); a flying seahorse, Pegasus draco; also a kind of pipefish (see quot. 1898). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Trachinoidei > member of family Trachinidae (weever) sea-dragon1551 weever1622 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Callionymoidei (dragonets) > member of genus Callionymus (dragonet) sea-dragon1551 quaviver1589 sculpin1672 sea spider1672 dracunculus1752 dragonet1769 dragon fish1769 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Cottidae (sculpins) > member of genus Cottus (bull-head) sea-dragon1551 gull-head1611 sculpin1672 bullhead1674 mud catfish1818 sea-toad1884 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [noun] > family Syngnathidae (pipe-fish) > member of Phyllopteryx (sea-dragon) sea-dragon1551 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > [noun] > order Pegasiformes or genus Pegasus > member of (sea-moth) sea-dragona1836 flying or winged seahorse1854 sea-moth1905 1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. A vv Wormwood..is good against..the bytinge of a shrewe, and the sea dragon. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxii. v. 434 Since I haue named the sea-dragon [L. draco marinus], this would be noted, That himselfe outwardly applied, is a remedie [etc.]. 1674 T. P. et al. Eng. & French Cook 412 Potage of Vives or Sea-dragons. 1674 T. P. et al. Eng. & French Cook 412 Take out your Sea-Dragons, and put them with Ragoust [etc.]. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 272 The Cottus with the second back fin white. The Sea-dragon. a1836 J. F. South in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXIII. 165/1 Pegasus Draco, Lin.; Sea Dragon. 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. Sea-Dragon, any Australian fish of any one of the three species of the genus Phyllopteryx, family Syngnathidæ. 2. A mythical marine monster resembling a dragon. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > aquatic monster or serpent nickerOE cetec1220 dragona1340 serra1449 hurlpool1553 afanc1573 orcc1590 sea monster1600 Hydrus1667 sea-dragon1749 kraken1755 sea-snake1755 Midgard1770 the (great) sea-serpent1774 sea-worm1799 taniwha1840 makara1873 Mamlambo1919 lau1923 Ogopogo1926 1749 Gentleman's Mag. 19 506 It [a creature resembling a winged alligator, said to have been lately captured in a mackerel-net] is said..to have been described by naturalists under the name of the Sea-Dragon. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Sept. 2/1 When a junk is fully laden and on the eve of sailing, the crew commend themselves to the sea-dragon in a frightfully noisy religious service. 3. Misused to render French draconcule, guinea-worm. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Nemathelminthes > [noun] > class Nematoda > genus Filaria > member of > filaria medinensis (Guinea worm) Guinea worm1699 leg worm1699 dracunculus1706 hairworm1752 sea-dragon1775 skin worm1831 rishta1834 1775 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 211 Those..enemies to man, the tape, the hair worm, and the sea dragon. 4. A popular name for any large marine saurian. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > Sauria > saurian or dinosaur > marine sea-lizard1859 sea-dragon1896 1896 Guide Fossil Reptiles & Fishes Brit. Mus. 52 Most of the ‘Sea-Dragons’..were obtained from the Lias of Street,..Lyme Regis [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1551 |
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