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humantin Zool.|hjuːˈmæntɪn|
[a. Fr. humantin (G. Rondelet Histoire des Poissons (1558) xiii. viii. 301), of uncertain origin.]
A spiny shark, Oxynotus centrina, of the family Oxynotidæ, found in the Mediterranean Sea and off the coast of Portugal.
Gamillscheg's suggestion that it is perhaps f. Fr. humer ‘to inhale’ arbitrarily modelled on Fr. lamantin lamantin is chronologically inconclusive. The word is also sometimes identified with L. humus ‘humus, soil’, from the habit that the humantin has of lying in the mud on the sea-bed, but the connection remains uncertain.
[1862T. Gill in Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. N.Y. VII. 376 Cuvier, in his Regne Animal, proposed the following division..Les Humantins (Centrina Cuv.). 1880–84F. Day Fishes Gt. Brit. & Ireland II. 319 Centrina salviani... Name.—La Humantin, French. Habits.—Is supposed to inhabit great depths.] 1925J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles 320 The Humantin (Centrina salviani). In this shark each dorsal fin has a strong spine. 1959A. Hardy Fish & Fisheries ix. 181 The humantin, Oxynotus centrina, an even rarer straggler to our waters from the coasts of Portugal, is noteworthy for its peculiar spines situated within its large dorsal fins. |