| 单词 | blue groper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue groper b. In full blue groper. Either of two fishes of the genus Achoerodus (family Labridae). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Labrioidei (wrasse) > [noun] > family Labridae > cossyphus gouldii (blue groper) blue groper1853 1853 Empire (Sydney) 26 Nov. A splendid fish called the blue-groper, weighing 45lbs.; this is a great delicacy. 1874 New S. Wales Rep. Royal Comm. Fisheries (1880) 16 The gruper..popularly called in this country blue or black groper—no doubt from the fact of these fishes groping in and out of the caverns and crevices of rocks in search of crustaceae. 1914 Ashburton (N.Z.) Guardian 26 Aug. 4/3 There were caves full of carp and blue groper. 1965 Austral. Encycl. IV. 396/1 Groper, a name applied in Australia to several distinct types of fish, including the southern gropers (Achoerodus), which are discussed under wrasses. 2011 Port Lincoln (Austral.) Times (Nexis) 15 Mar. 15 Chris Tostanzo is shown holding a plump blue groper he caught deep in Thorny Passage. < as lemmas |
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