| 单词 | x-ray fish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasX-ray fish X-ray fish n. (a) any of several fishes having translucent skin and muscle through which the spine or other internal organs are visible; esp. a small tetra, Pristella maxillaris (family Characidae), native to coastal rivers in tropical South America and popular as an aquarium fish; (b) a depiction of a fish in the ‘x-ray’ style (see B. 2). Π 1924 Punch 9 Apr. 396/2 And fish that, floating on the tide Transparent show their whole inside; Not ray-fish these, but, should you wish, They might be termed the X-ray fish. 1925 E. G. Boulenger Aquarium Bk. ii. ii. 178 The X-Ray Fish, Tetragonopterus unilineatus, whose flesh is so transparent that the internal organs can be quite clearly studied through the body wall. 1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes 167 (heading) The X-Ray Fish. The (Water) Goldfinch. Native to Venezuela, the Guianas and the Amazon Basin. 1956 C. P. Mountford Art, Myth & Symbolism 134 [Fig.] E pictures an X-ray fish, probably one of the gurnards. 1996 Archaeol. in Oceania 31 120/1 Cross-hatched infill..is especially found in large polychrome X-ray fish made during the past few hundred years. 2005 D. Burnie Animal Factfile 115/2 Instead of being brightly coloured, the x-ray fish is almost transparent. < as lemmas |
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