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‖ uraˈnoscopus Ichth.
6 -ascapos, -oscopos.
[L. ūranoscopus, or ad. Gr. οὐρανοσκόπος: see prec.]
= star-gazer 2.
α1584–7Greene Carde of Fancie Wks. (Grosart) IV. 143 The Fish called Vranascapos. 1594T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. 552 One fish..hath the eyes set in the top of the head, and therefore it is called by the Græcians vranoscopos.
β1591[see uranoscope]. [ 1623Cockeram Eng. Dict. iii. Hence in Phillips.] 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. s.v., The situation of the eyes of the Uranoscopus. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. VI. 306 The Uranoscopus,..the mouth flat; the eyes on the top of the head;..an inhabitant of the Mediterranean Sea. 1803Shaw Gen. Zool. IV. i. 130 The Weever was by Artedi considered as not generically distinct from the Uranoscopus. 1854Badham Halieut. 127 The name of this fish, uranoscopus, or ‘sky-gazer’, is derived from the position of the eyes, which are singularly planted on the crown of the head. |