| 单词 | leatherjacket |
| 释义 | leatherjacket[ leth-er-jak-it ] / ˈlɛð ərˌdʒæk ɪt / nounAlso called leather jack . any of several carangid fishes having narrow, linear scales embedded in the skin at various angles, especially Oligoplites saurus, found in tropical American waters. Australian. a pancake or other dough fried over a campfire. the grub of the crane fly. Origin of leatherjacketFirst recorded in 1760–70; leather + jacket Words nearby leatherjacketleather-bottle stomach, leatherette, leatherfish, leather-hard, leatherhead, leatherjacket, leatherleaf, leather-lunged, leathern, leatherneck, Leatheroid Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for leatherjacketleatherjacket / (ˈlɛðəˌdʒækɪt) / nounany of various tropical carangid fishes of the genera Oligoplites and Scomberoides, having a leathery skin any of various brightly coloured tropical triggerfishes of the genus Monacanthus and related genera the greyish-brown tough-skinned larva of certain craneflies, esp of the genus Tipula, which destroy the roots of grasses, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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