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单词 coalfish
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coalfishn.

Brit. /ˈkəʊlfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈkoʊlˌfɪʃ/
Forms: see coal n. and fish n.1; also Middle English kolfysch.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coal n., fish n.1
Etymology: < coal n. + fish n.1, so called on account of the colour of its back.
A common and commercially important food fish of the North Atlantic, Pollachius virens (family Gadidae), which has a greenish-black back. Also called black cod, coley, saithe, (North American) pollock.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > pollachius virens (coal-fish)
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saithe1632
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sey-pollack1698
blackmouth1703
billet1769
greenback1772
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coalsey1829
rock salmon1831
rauning pollack1835
green pollack1859
coaly1915
1337–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 34 (MED) ccc Stokfysch et Schrafysch, et 60 Colfysch.
1524–30 in N. S. B. Gras Early Eng. Customs Syst. (1918) v. 194 Pro uno centum cole fysch ii d.
1607 N. Breton Poste with Packet Madde Lett. (new ed.) I. sig. G4 Cole fish nor poore Iohn I haue no need of.
1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 121 Asellus Niger..the Coal-fish.
1744 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 43 61 In the Sea they catch Cod..Cole-fish, Flukes, Trouts, etc.
1840 R. Allan Sportsman in Ireland II. iii. 42 The coal-fish were prepared, cooked, and—thrown away; for more execrable creatures were never presented for food.
1871 Amer. Naturalist 5 400 Young Pollock or Coal-fish, four to ten inches long, pursue the same species [of crustacean] in large schools.
1915 Brit. Sea Anglers' Soc. Q. 8 127 Eventually he showed in the surface waters a fine game coalfish—very blue on the back.
2010 Field Feb. 53/2 The real trick to catching the big, powerful, 25lb-plus coalfish in Norway is to go to the right areas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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