释义 |
atherine|ˈæθəraɪn| Also 8 athorine. [ad. mod.L. atherīna, a. Gr. ἀθερίνη a kind of smelt.] Name given to various species of smelt.
[1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Atherina..is a small fish of the length and thickness of a finger.] 1770Phil. Trans. LX. Introd. 14 The Gwiniad and Athorine. 1854Badham Halieut. 285 The argentina, or Tiber pearl-fish, is strikingly like the atherine or sea smelt. |