单词 | snipe-fish |
释义 | snipe-fishn. 1. Any fish of the genus Centriscus; esp. the trumpet-fish, bellows-fish, or sea-snipe, C. scolopax. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [noun] > family Centriscidae > member of Centriscus (snipe-fish) snipe-fish1668 woodcock-fish- the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [noun] > family Centriscidae > member of Centriscus (snipe-fish) > centriscus scolopax (sea-snipe) snipe-fish1668 trumpet-fish1668 bellows-fish1684 trumpeter1756 sea-snipe1836 woodcock-fish- 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 123 Scolopax,..the Snipe-fish. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. v. i. 101 The figure of his Bill, which is an entire Pipe, shaped almost like that of the Snipe-Fish. 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 302 Centriscus scolopax, Snipe~fish. 1867 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 568/1 Trumpet-fish, or Snipe-fish (Centriscus), a genus of fishes..remarkable for the elongated and tubular snout. 1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland I. 250 The trumpet, bellows-fish, woodcock or snipe-fish. 2. The snipe-eel ( Cent. Dict. 1891). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1668 |
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