Comephorusn.

Brit.

/kə(ʊ)ˈmɛf(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/koʊˈmɛfərəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Comephorus.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Comephorus, genus name ( B. G. E. de la V. de Lacépède Hist. nat. des poissons (1800) II. 312) < ancient Greek κόμη hair (see coma n.²) + -ϕόρος (see -phorous comb. form). Compare golomynka n.

Zoology.

A genus of freshwater oilfish endemic to Lake Baikal, Siberia, comprising only two species and now placed in its own family ( Comephoridae); (also in form comephorus) a fish of this genus.

ΚΠ

1804 Crit. Rev. Oct. 123 The genus comephorus, L. triurus of La Cépède, and the ammodytes L., follow, with little or no alterations.

1878 A. Macalister Introd. Systematic Zool. & Morphol. Vertebr. Animals 89 It [sc. Echeneis] has no swimming-bladder, like Stromateus, Comephorus, &c.

1924 Glasgow Herald 9 Aug. 8 The comephorus..belongs to the cod family, and has never been caught or seen alive.

2000 M. Yabe & V. G. Sideleva in K. Minoura Lake Baikal xxvii. 308 Both species of the genus Comephorus possess almost the same myological morphology.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	comephorus
释义	Comephorusn. Brit. /kə(ʊ)ˈmɛf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /koʊˈmɛfərəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Comephorus. Etymology: < scientific Latin Comephorus, genus name ( B. G. E. de la V. de Lacépède Hist. nat. des poissons (1800) II. 312) < ancient Greek κόμη hair (see coma n.²) + -ϕόρος (see -phorous comb. form). Compare golomynka n. Zoology. A genus of freshwater oilfish endemic to Lake Baikal, Siberia, comprising only two species and now placed in its own family ( Comephoridae); (also in form comephorus) a fish of this genus. ΚΠ 1804 Crit. Rev. Oct. 123 The genus comephorus, L. triurus of La Cépède, and the ammodytes L., follow, with little or no alterations. 1878 A. Macalister Introd. Systematic Zool. & Morphol. Vertebr. Animals 89 It [sc. Echeneis] has no swimming-bladder, like Stromateus, Comephorus, &c. 1924 Glasgow Herald 9 Aug. 8 The comephorus..belongs to the cod family, and has never been caught or seen alive. 2000 M. Yabe & V. G. Sideleva in K. Minoura Lake Baikal xxvii. 308 Both species of the genus Comephorus possess almost the same myological morphology. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1804
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