the sail-fish.
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释义 | the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of family Cetorhinidae (basking shark) (7) fish-mariner1605 the sail-fish. sail-fish1605 A name applied to various fishes having a large dorsal fin: in the British Isles to the Basking shark, Selachus maximus; in the U.S. to species of Hi… pricker1701 Scottish. The basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus, so called from its habit of swimming with its dorsal fin projecting out of the water. Obsolete. rare. sunfish1734 Any of numerous freshwater and marine fishes which have a compressed, discoid body, a colourful or… Originally Irish English. The basking shark, Cet… basking-shark1769 the largest species of shark (Selachus maximus), called also Sun-fish and Sail-fish, found in the Northern Seas: see quot. 1803. bone shark1802 the basking shark, Cetorhinus maxmus. hoe-mother1805 the Basking Shark, Selachus maximus. |
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