单词 | bitterling |
释义 | bitterlingn. A small carp-like freshwater fish, Rhodeus amarus, of Central Europe. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > member of genus Rhodeus bitterling1880 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 601 The European species is known in Germany by the name of ‘Bitterling’. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XX. 794/2 Rhodeus amarus, the bitterling,..injects its eggs into the mantle-cavity of pond-mussels, where the fry develop. 1959 J. Clegg Freshwater Life Brit. Isles (ed. 2) xvi. 266 The Bitterling..uses one species [of mussel] in particular, the Painter's Mussel..as a nursery for its young. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2016). < n.1880 |
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