单词 | tompot |
释义 | tompotn. 1. Originally English regional (south-western). A blenny of shallow coastal waters in the north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean, Parablennius gattorugine, with mottled dark brown skin. In later use frequently more fully tompot blenny. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > other apples Bretonc1390 stur1483 marigold apple1577 fritter1591 Margaret1597 critling1611 cat's-head1617 rosiar1620 rose apple1626 snouting1651 roundling1655 mayflower1664 red greening1664 seaming1664 sheep's snout1664 spicing apple1664 violet-apple1664 pomme d'api1676 rathe-ripe1677 rose1678 lady's finger1688 stone apple1736 sops-in-wine1764 stone pippin1769 Manx codlin1818 Rymer1820 Roxbury russet1826 souring1832 genet1833 tompot1836 Wagener1848 flesh and blood1853 pick-thong1871 virgin1886 Jon1931 Idared1942 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Blennioidei > family Blenniidae > member of genus Blennius (blenny) > blennius gattorugine (Tompot) gattorugine1769 tompot1836 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 227 I have heard of its taking the hook, but it is more commonly caught in crab-pots... It is called Tompot by the Cornish boys. 1863 J. Couch Hist. Fishes Brit. Islands II. 219 Gattorugine..is known to fishermen of the west of England by the homely appellation of Tompot. 1937 Aquarist & Pond-keeper Sept.–Oct. 241/1 At the very lowest levels the tide allows the shore-collector to reach a near relative of the Shanny, the Tompot Blenny (Blennius gattorugine) which is sometimes found in the south-west. 1969 A. Wheeler Fishes Brit. Isles & N.-W. Europe 438/1 The tompot is principally a fish of inshore waters, only occasionally occurring on the shore. 2009 Daily Tel. 28 Aug. 11/4 They also photographed a tompot blenny, much more common on England's south coast and unknown in North Sea waters until recently. 2014 @Subseatv 15 Apr. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Swanage pier—Tompots pulling off cute and ugly at the same time. 2. English regional (Devon). A guineafowl. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > family Numididae > member of (guinea-fowl) guinea-hen1599 Guinea1620 turkey1655 pintado1666 chequer-bird1745 tamis-bird1774 guinea fowl1788 Guinea bird1792 galeeny1796 come-back1811 tarentaal1827 tompot1891 1891 R. P. Chope Dial. Hartland, Devonshire (at cited word) Tom pot, a name sometimes given to the guinea-fowl on account of its peculiar cry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1836 |
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