| 释义 |
small-mouth, a.
[small a. 22.]
Of bass: Small-mouthed.
1884Goode Nat. Hist. Aquat. Anim. 401 The Big-mouth Black Bass,..and the Small-mouth Black Bass, micropterus dolomiei. 1909Daily Chron. 22 Sept. 1/6 Bass of the small mouth variety live better in fresh water.
b. ellipt. as n.
1884Goode Nat. Hist. Aquat. Anim. 401 The Small-mouth shares with the Large-mouth in the Southern States the names ‘Jumper’, ‘Perch’, and ‘Trout’. Ibid. 402 The Small-mouths found their way into the Hudson in 1825 or soon after. |