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单词 fingerling
释义

fingerling

[ fing-ger-ling ]
/ ˈfɪŋ gər lɪŋ /

noun

a young or small fish, especially a very small salmon or trout.
something very small.

Origin of fingerling

First recorded in 1400–50, and in 1825–30 for def. 2; late Middle English: literally, “covering for a finger, fingerstall”; see origin at finger, -ling1

Words nearby fingerling

finger grass, finger hole, fingering, finger in the pie, have a, Finger Lakes, fingerling, finger man, finger mark, fingernail, finger-nose test, finger paint
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Example sentences from the Web for fingerling

  • The fingerling rose, with a jerk, from the water, and was no more seen.

    The Watchers of the Trails|Charles G. D. Roberts
  • There were infant big-mouthed bass in the lake and fingerling trout in many of the streams.

    Operation Terror|William Fitzgerald Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for fingerling

fingerling
/ (ˈfɪŋɡəlɪŋ) /

noun

a very young fish, esp the parr of salmon or trout
a diminutive creature or object
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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