uranoscopusn.

Brit.

/ˌjʊərəˈnɒskəpəs/,

/ˌjɔːrəˈnɒskəpəs/, U.S.

/ˌjʊrəˈnɑskəpəs/

Inflections: Plural (now rare) uranoscopi.

Forms: 1500s vranascapos, 1500s uranoscopos, 1500s–1600s vranoscopos, 1600s vranoscopus, 1700s– uranoscopus, 1800s ouranoscopus, 1900s– ouranoscopos.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin ūranoscopos; Greek οὐρανοσκόπος.

Etymology: < classical Latin ūranoscopos fish with permanently upturned eyes (Pliny) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek οὐρανοσκόπος < ancient Greek οὐρανο- urano- comb. form¹ + -σκόπος (see -scope comb. form). Compare uranoscope n.

Zoology.

Originally: a stargazer fish (family Uranoscopidae), a fish of the genus Uranoscopus. Now chiefly (in form Uranoscopus): the genus itself. Cf. uranoscope n.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Systema naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 250.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Trachinoidei > family Uranoscopidae (star-gazers) > member of > uranoscopus scaber (star-gazer)

uranoscopus1571

uranoscope1605

heaven-gazer1611

stargazer1661

sea-priest1672

skygazer1852

sea-parson1898

1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste iii. xvi. f. 146^v What Astrologian diuineth better of the chaunge of weather then doth the Ante, or the fishe which is called Vranoscopos (as hath Galen) whose eye so standeth, that he euermore loketh vpwardes.

1584 R. Greene Gwydonius f. 50 The Fish called Vranascapos.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxii. vii. 438 The same fish is otherwise called Vranoscopus, by reason of the eyes which he hath in the uppermost part of his head.

1717 Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 479 At Genoa, Leghorn, Ostia and Civita Vecchia, I observ'd..The Uranoscopus, call'd Bocca in Capo.

1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) III. iv. 166 The eyes are large, and placed very near each other on the upper part of the head, so that they look upwards; for which reason it [sc. the gemmeous dragonet] has been ranked among the Uranoscopi.

1803 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. IV. i. 130 The Weever was by Artedi considered as not generically distinct from the Uranoscopus.

1895 S. Garman in Mem. Mus. Compar. Zoöl. Harvard 19 145 On larger ones of some species the head becomes swollen and angular, and bears a likeness to Uranoscopi.

1908 Guide Gallery Fishes (Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist.) 189 The common star-gazer of the Mediterranean..was well-known to the ancient Greeks,..who also knew it as the ‘Ouranoscopos’.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 825 There, for instance, is the fish called the ‘star-gazer’ (Uranoscopus), quite hidden in the sand save the two watchful eyes on the top of its head.

2000 T. Trnski & J. M. Leis in J. M. Leis & B. M. Carson-Ewart Larvae Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes iv. 570 Head spination in Uranoscopus begins to develop during the flexion stage.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	uranoscopus
释义	uranoscopusn. Brit. /ˌjʊərəˈnɒskəpəs/, /ˌjɔːrəˈnɒskəpəs/, U.S. /ˌjʊrəˈnɑskəpəs/ Inflections: Plural (now rare) uranoscopi. Forms: 1500s vranascapos, 1500s uranoscopos, 1500s–1600s vranoscopos, 1600s vranoscopus, 1700s– uranoscopus, 1800s ouranoscopus, 1900s– ouranoscopos. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin ūranoscopos; Greek οὐρανοσκόπος. Etymology: < classical Latin ūranoscopos fish with permanently upturned eyes (Pliny) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek οὐρανοσκόπος < ancient Greek οὐρανο- urano- comb. form¹ + -σκόπος (see -scope comb. form). Compare uranoscope n. Zoology. Originally: a stargazer fish (family Uranoscopidae), a fish of the genus Uranoscopus. Now chiefly (in form Uranoscopus): the genus itself. Cf. uranoscope n.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Systema naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 250. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Trachinoidei > family Uranoscopidae (star-gazers) > member of > uranoscopus scaber (star-gazer) uranoscopus1571 uranoscope1605 heaven-gazer1611 stargazer1661 sea-priest1672 skygazer1852 sea-parson1898 1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste iii. xvi. f. 146^v What Astrologian diuineth better of the chaunge of weather then doth the Ante, or the fishe which is called Vranoscopos (as hath Galen) whose eye so standeth, that he euermore loketh vpwardes. 1584 R. Greene Gwydonius f. 50 The Fish called Vranascapos. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxii. vii. 438 The same fish is otherwise called Vranoscopus, by reason of the eyes which he hath in the uppermost part of his head. 1717 Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 479 At Genoa, Leghorn, Ostia and Civita Vecchia, I observ'd..The Uranoscopus, call'd Bocca in Capo. 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) III. iv. 166 The eyes are large, and placed very near each other on the upper part of the head, so that they look upwards; for which reason it [sc. the gemmeous dragonet] has been ranked among the Uranoscopi. 1803 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. IV. i. 130 The Weever was by Artedi considered as not generically distinct from the Uranoscopus. 1895 S. Garman in Mem. Mus. Compar. Zoöl. Harvard 19 145 On larger ones of some species the head becomes swollen and angular, and bears a likeness to Uranoscopi. 1908 Guide Gallery Fishes (Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist.) 189 The common star-gazer of the Mediterranean..was well-known to the ancient Greeks,..who also knew it as the ‘Ouranoscopos’. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 825 There, for instance, is the fish called the ‘star-gazer’ (Uranoscopus), quite hidden in the sand save the two watchful eyes on the top of its head. 2000 T. Trnski & J. M. Leis in J. M. Leis & B. M. Carson-Ewart Larvae Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes iv. 570 Head spination in Uranoscopus begins to develop during the flexion stage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1571
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