单词 | winter shad |
释义 | > as lemmaswinter shad gizzard shad n. the genus Dorosoma, esp. D. cepedianum (called also mud shad, white-eyed shad, winter shad).extracted from shadn.winter shad winter shad n. U.S. the gizzard shad, Dorosoma cepedianum (family Clupeidae), a widespread fish in fresh and brackish water in the eastern United States.Quot. 1788 appears to show the English word in a German linguistic context. ΚΠ 1788 J. D. Schöpf Reise nordamerikanischen Staaten II. 67 Winter-Shad nannte man einen Fisch, welcher sich den ganzen Winter durch in diesem und den übrigen virginischen Flüssen findet.] 1819 D. B. Warden Statist., Polit. & Hist. Acct. U.S. III. xxxiv. 191 Shad, (Clupea alosa,) 6 lb.; white shad, taylor shad, 3 lb.; winter shad, ½ oz. 1921 Trans. Amer. Fisheries Soc. 50 ii. 363 In our southern markets, Baltimore and Washington, the gizzard shad is sold as winter shad. 2004 K. Schultz Field Guide Freshwater Fish 179 Shad, Gizzard. Dorosoma cepedianum. Other names shad, eastern gizzard, hickory shad, mud shad, nanny shad, skipjack, winter shad. < as lemmas |
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