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单词 seven-holes
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seven-holes
seven-holes n. British regional Obsolete a lamprey.So called in allusion to its seven gill-openings. Cf. seven-eyes n.
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the world > animals > fish > superclass Agnatha > [noun] > suborder Petromyzontoidei or genus Petromyzon > member of (lamprey)
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1853 S. Lee Anecd. Habits & Instincts Birds, Reptiles & Fishes 380 Lampreys are among the latter, and the water escapes through holes..; hence the name often given to them, of nine-holes, or seven holes, according to the number of these openings.
1921 Manch. Guardian 23 June 12/6 Clinging to the wet moss we found scores of young lampreys, easily recognisable by their gill slits, the number of which gives the lamprey the name we knew it by when we were boys—‘seven holes’.
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