单词 | alligator fish |
释义 | > as lemmasalligator fish alligator fish n. (a) U.S. a gar of the family Lepisosteidae; esp. the alligator gar, Atractosteus spatula; (b) any of various small, elongated, bottom-dwelling fishes of the family Agonidae, found in cold northern waters and having large pectoral fins and an armour of bony plates; esp. Aspidophoroides monopterygius of the north-west Atlantic; cf. poacher n.1 3. ΚΠ 1805 Philadelphia Med. & Physical Jrnl. 2 47 The Fish are the following, viz. Silurus Catus.., the Gar-fish (Esox osseus), Buffaloe and Alligator-fish. 1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. 730 P[odothecus] acipenserinus (Tiles.) Gill.—Alligator fish. Brown with darker marblings and narrow vertical streaks. 1905 D. S. Jordan Guide Study of Fishes II. xxv. 449 The sea-poachers or alligator-fishes, Agonidæ, are sculpins enclosed in a coat of mail. 1969 Copeia No. 1. 201/2 A larval alligator fish, Aspidophoroides monopterygius Bloch, was collected at Fort Point Cove, Maine..in Penobscot River estuary. 2003 A. Schmidt Chef's Bk. Formulas, Yields, & Sizes (ed. 3) 56/2 Gar, Alligator Fish. Fish with heavy, bony scales, sometimes used in jewelry. The flesh of large fish is tough. < as lemmas |
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