| 单词 | summer herring |
| 释义 | > as lemmassummer herring summer herring n. (a) a herring caught in summer (cf. sense A. 6); (b) U.S. the blueback herring, Alosa aestivalis, which migrates from the Atlantic to spawn in North American rivers in spring. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > order Clupeiformes > [noun] > family Clupeidae and herrings > member of > caught in summer summer herring1614 summer1682 1614 T. Gentleman Englands Way to win Wealth 20 A barrell of Summer-herrings, worth 20. or 30. shillings. 1785 Third Rep. Comm. Brit. Fisheries (House of Commons) 243 The Summer Herrings..are usually much fatter than those got in Winter. 1814 S. L. Mitchill Rep. Fishes N.-Y. iv. 21 Clupea... C. Aestivalia—Summer Herring. Has a row of spots to the number of seven or eight, extending in the direction of the lateral line from the branchial opening toward the tail. 1883 F. M. Wallem Fish Supply Norway 17 The catch of Summer-herring and Sprat in the Fisheries of the years 1876–1881. 1913 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 61 236/2 The great summer herring fishery, from July 1st to the end of the year. 1986 C. R. Robins & G. C. Ray Field Guide Atlantic Coast Fishes N. Amer. 67 Blueback Herring Alosa aestivalis..Remarks: Also known as the Glut Herring, Blue Herring, or Summer Herring. 2001 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 July 6 Coated in coarse-cut oatmeal, the plump summer herring hits the hot bacon dripping in a frying pan. < as lemmas |
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