| 单词 | cleaner-fish |
| 释义 | > as lemmascleaner-fish d. A small marine animal which cleans larger ones of parasites, bacteria, or dead tissue; also cleaner-fish. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > [noun] > that cleans larger animals cleaner1955 1955 Zeitschr. f. Tierpsychol. XII. 219 All typical cleaners, irrespective of their zoological relationship, possess striking yellow colours. 1958 Listener 14 Aug. 247/2 The huge manta rays..opening their gills to let in the tiny cleaner-fish. 1967 Daily Tel. 21 Oct. 13/5 It is known that a cleaner-fish occupies a niche in a reef which is usually marked by a brightly-coloured anemone serving the same purpose as a barber's pole. 1968 R. D. Martin tr. W. Wickler Mimicry in Plants & Animals xiv. 158 We now recognise 42 species of cleaner-fish in 14 families. < as lemmas |
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