| 释义 |
hornbeak Now dial.|ˈhɔːnbiːk|
The garfish or hornfish, Belone vulgaris, which has extremely long and slender tapering jaws.
1565–73Cooper Thesaurus, Acus, a fish..of some called a hornebeake. 1598Epulario G iij b, To seeth the Horne⁓beeke or Pipe fish. 1601Holland Pliny I. 266 The Horne-beaks or Needle-fishes, Belonæ..haue within them so great egs that their wombe cleaueth and openeth when they should lay them. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Horn⁓beak, a kind of Fish. 1836Yarrell Brit. Fishes I. 442. |