| 释义 |
rowball ? Obs.
[ad. Pg. (also Sp.) robalo, the name of a fish resembling a bream, also applied to several American fishes.]
(See quots.)
1803P. Russell Indian Fishes II. 68 Both fishes, especially the first, are esteemed for the table, and are known to the English under the name of Rowball. 1804Shaw Gen. Zool. V. i. 155 Indian Polyneme, Polynemus Indicus... Rowball. Ibid. 156 Four-Fingered Polyneme, Polynemus Tetradactylus;..like the former, called Rowball by the English. |