| 单词 | daylight flounder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdaylight flounder 5. U.S. The windowpane flounder Scophthalmus aquosus, the body of which is so flat as to be almost translucent; also called sand flounder. In later use more fully daylight flounder. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [noun] > family Scophthalmidae (turbot) > genus or member of Scophthalmus > scophthalmus aquosus (sand dab) sand dab1839 windowpane1873 daylight1880 1880 Forest & Stream 9 Sept. 103/3 One of these (Lophopsetta maculata) is sometimes called the ‘spotted turbot’, and in New Jersey is called ‘window-pane’ or ‘daylight’, because it is so thin that when held to the light the sun can be seen through its translucent flesh. 1904 St. Nicholas Sept. 1034 (caption) A typical left-sided flounder of the east coast of the United States. It is called ‘window-pane’ and ‘daylight’ by fishermen because it is exceedingly thin and transparent. 1944 25th Biennial Rep. Connecticut State Board Fisheries & Game, 1942–44 62 Among the reports now in progress..a study of the life-history and habits of Scophthalmus aquesus [sic], the daylight flounder, a fish of considerable economic possibilities. 1986 P. Matthiessen Men's Lives ix. 107 He ran a string of 750 lobster pots, using dabs (daylight flounder) for bait. < as lemmas |
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