| 单词 | seed fish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasseed fish seed fish n. (a) a fish that is ready to spawn; (b) a fish used for propagation, esp. to stock a body of water or fish farm. ΚΠ 1851 Jrnl. House of Assembly New Brunswick App. p. ccxxx Injury may be done in the spawning season, more perhaps from the disturbance caused than from the quantity of seed fish taken. 1872 6th Ann. Rep. Commissioners Inland Fisheries (Commonw. Mass.) 32 Each seed fish (males and females together) sends back 17 grown fish. 1891 Cent. Dict. Seed-fish, a fish containing seed, roe, or spawn; a ripe fish. 1986 V. G. Jhingran in R. Billard & J. Marcel Aquaculture of Cyprinids 335 [This] is now the mainstay of seed-fish production for which hatcheries..have been established. 2010 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 365 2893 Aquaculture is a farming activity, and requires inputs such as seed fish, feed and/or fertilizer. < as lemmas |
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