| 单词 | white-sick |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite-sick white-sick adj. now chiefly historical (in oyster farming) designating female-phase larviparous oysters in an early phase of brooding, when the mantle chamber contains newly fertilized eggs, which have the appearance of a whitish mass; cf. black-sick adj. at black adj. and n. Compounds 1e(a). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of fish > [adjective] rope-sick1614 white-sick1667 fungusy1880 1667 T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. 209 The Male-Oyster is black-sick..; the Female white-sick (as they term it) having a milky substance in the Fin. 1810 J. Thacher New Dispensatory 168 The female oyster, from a milky juice in its fin, is said to be white-sick. 1921 Nature 7 July 586/1 It seemed certain that an oyster ought to continue breeding [as a male] in the same season even after becoming white-sick. 2002 N. Milner Incremental Growth of European Oyster 70 When oysters are incubating eggs they are described as being ‘white-sick’..and this is an indication that they are not good to eat. < as lemmas |
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