| 单词 | smig herring |
| 释义 | > as lemmassmig herring (See quot. a18801.) Also attributive, as smig bait, smig herring. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > [noun] > member of family Galaxiidae mudfish1502 inanga1845 cockabully1874 smig1879 mountain trout1882 kokopu1886 jolly-tail1892 minnow1898 bully1912 1879 Standard 17 July 3/7 The mackerel were so intent upon chasing shoals of smigg, that numbers of them were stranded on the beach. a1880 F. T. Buckland Nat. Hist. Brit. Fishes 281 If a basket of whitebait be examined in April there will be found a large number of minute fish 1 in. to 1½ in. long, perfectly transparent, with a large eye and no scales visible, the body being covered with a few black spots. These are called ‘smig herring’. a1880 F. T. Buckland Nat. Hist. Brit. Fishes 282 The spratty stuff and the ‘smig’ bait comes up the river first. < as lemmas |
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