单词 | adder-pike |
释义 | > as lemmasadder-pike adder-pike n. [so called on account of its poisonous sting] English regional (rare) the lesser weever (fish), Echiichthys vipera. ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xix. 480/1 He beareth Gules, an Adder Pike, (of some called a Sharpling or Netter,) proper. It is a Fish..: It hath..two triangular like fins, with sharp spines or thorns standing out at the gills; the like on the neck, from which to the end of the tail. 1884 R. F. Burton Bk. Sword i. 11 The sting-fish or adder-pike (Trachinus vipera) has necessitated amputation of the wounded limb. 1983 P. S. Auerbach & B. W. Halstead in P. S. Auerbach & E. C. Geehr Managem. Wilderness & Environmental Emergencies viii. 242/1 Common names for the weeverfish include the adderpike, sea dragon, sea cat, and stang. < as lemmas |
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