单词 | stone-toter |
释义 | > as lemmasstone-toter stone-toter n. [tote v.] a North American freshwater fish, Catostomus or Hypentelium nigricans, also called stone-lugger or stone-roller (see quot. 1817); also applied to the genus Exoglossum. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > miscellaneous types > [noun] mudfish1502 sprat1552 frogfish1598 rockfish1605 yellowtaila1622 sleeper1668 picarel1688 hogfish1735 porkfish1735 sucker1753 zebrafish1771 yellowbelly1775 white steenbras1801 stone-toter1817 stargazer1842 warehou1848 baardman1853 goatfish1864 holostome1864 spot snapper1876 suck-fish1876 mademoiselle1882 queenfish1883 cigar-fish1884 emperor fish1884 rock beauty1885 oilfish1896 aholehole1897 berrugate1898 Photoblepharon1902 sweet-lip1934 rabbitfish1941 redbait1960 the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Catostomidae (suckers) > catostomus nigricans stone-toter1817 shoemaker1836 stone roller1878 stone-lugger1882 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) > campostoma anomalum (stone roller) stone-toter1817 stone roller1878 hornyhead chub1882 stone-lugger1882 rotgut1920 1817 J. K. Paulding Lett. from South II. 4 The most singular fish in this part..is..the stone-toter, whose brow is surmounted with several little sharp horns, by the aid of which he totes small flat stones..in order to make a snug little circular inclosure, for his lady. 1868 J. Richardson et al. Museum Nat. Hist. II. 123 The species of Exoglossum are named ‘Stone-toters,’ because they pile up little heaps of small stones, among which they deposit their spawn. < as lemmas |
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