wobbegongn.

Brit.

/ˈwɒbᵻɡɒŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwɑbəˌɡɔŋ/,

/ˈwɑbəˌɡɑŋ/

Forms: 1800s wahbegong, 1800s wobegong, 1800s woe-begone, 1800s– wobbegong, 1900s– wobbygong, 1900s– woggegong.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from an Australian Aboriginal language

Etymology: Probably < an Australian Aboriginal language of coastal New South Wales.In form woe-begone with folk-etymological alteration after woebegone adj. The form woggegong shows assimilation of b in the second syllable to g in the third.

Any of various slow-moving, bottom-dwelling sharks of the family Orectolobidae, esp. of the genus Orectolobus, having a broad flattened body, patterned skin, and barbels, and found in shallow temperate and tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean, esp. around Australia and Indonesia.Also called carpet shark.

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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > family Orectolobidae > member of (carpet shark)

nurse1499

nurse-fish1682

zebra shark1804

nurse shark1851

wobbegong1852

sleeper1884

carpet shark1929

1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes I. xii. 392 The most hideous to behold of the shark tribe is the wobegong, or woe-begone, as the fishermen call it... His broad back is spotted over with leopard-like marks.

1874 Maitland (New S. Wales) Mercury 24 Nov. He..was somewhat horrified to discover his unwelcome proximity to a shark of the wobbygong species.

1882 J. E. Tenison-Woods Fish & Fisheries New S. Wales iv. 94 The wobbegong..is chiefly nocturnal.

1917 Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 588/1 There is also the well-known wobbygong, a creature of extraordinary and beautiful colouring.

1956 S. Hope Diggers' Paradise xx. 183 The worst types are the white pointer,..hammerhead and carpet shark, also called the wobbegong.

1981 B. Stonehouse Sharks iv. 46 Woggegongs..add to their camouflage by growing fronds that look like seaweed on their faces.

2006 Review (Rio Tinto Group) June 30/1 We were swimming closely together with snorkel lights and torches—finding ourselves alongside wobbegong sharks and loggerhead turtles old enough to have barnacles on their shells.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wobbegong
释义	wobbegongn. Brit. /ˈwɒbᵻɡɒŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɑbəˌɡɔŋ/, /ˈwɑbəˌɡɑŋ/ Forms: 1800s wahbegong, 1800s wobegong, 1800s woe-begone, 1800s– wobbegong, 1900s– wobbygong, 1900s– woggegong. Origin: Probably a borrowing from an Australian Aboriginal language Etymology: Probably < an Australian Aboriginal language of coastal New South Wales.In form woe-begone with folk-etymological alteration after woebegone adj. The form woggegong shows assimilation of b in the second syllable to g in the third. Any of various slow-moving, bottom-dwelling sharks of the family Orectolobidae, esp. of the genus Orectolobus, having a broad flattened body, patterned skin, and barbels, and found in shallow temperate and tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean, esp. around Australia and Indonesia.Also called carpet shark. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > family Orectolobidae > member of (carpet shark) nurse1499 nurse-fish1682 zebra shark1804 nurse shark1851 wobbegong1852 sleeper1884 carpet shark1929 1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes I. xii. 392 The most hideous to behold of the shark tribe is the wobegong, or woe-begone, as the fishermen call it... His broad back is spotted over with leopard-like marks. 1874 Maitland (New S. Wales) Mercury 24 Nov. He..was somewhat horrified to discover his unwelcome proximity to a shark of the wobbygong species. 1882 J. E. Tenison-Woods Fish & Fisheries New S. Wales iv. 94 The wobbegong..is chiefly nocturnal. 1917 Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 588/1 There is also the well-known wobbygong, a creature of extraordinary and beautiful colouring. 1956 S. Hope Diggers' Paradise xx. 183 The worst types are the white pointer,..hammerhead and carpet shark, also called the wobbegong. 1981 B. Stonehouse Sharks iv. 46 Woggegongs..add to their camouflage by growing fronds that look like seaweed on their faces. 2006 Review (Rio Tinto Group) June 30/1 We were swimming closely together with snorkel lights and torches—finding ourselves alongside wobbegong sharks and loggerhead turtles old enough to have barnacles on their shells. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1852
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