| 释义 |
sea-parrot
1. The puffin.
1664Hubert Catal. Rarities (1665) 9 A Sea-Parret or Coppernose of Greenland. 1694–1865 [see parrot n. 3 a].
2. One of several fishes (see parrot-fish).
1666J. Davies Hist. Caribby Isl. 98 There are also in these Parts certain Fishes scaled like a Carp, but as to colour are as green as a Parrot, whence they are by some called Sea-Parrots. 1706,1883[see parrot n. 3 b]. |