英语词汇“doctor fish”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

doctor fish n. (a) any of various tropical marine fishes which comprise the genus Acanthurus (family Acanthuridae) and have a sharp pointed spine on either side of the base of the tail, esp. A. chirurgus; = sense 10; (b) either of two small cyprinid fishes, Garra rufa and Cyprinion macrostomum, which can feed on the outermost layer of human skin and are widely used in pedicure and the treatment of skin diseases.

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1815 M. G. Lewis Jrnl. 1815–16 31 Dec. in Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 50 Its name is the ‘Doctor Fish’.

1907 A. E. Verrill Bermuda Islands I. (Suppl. ed. 2) 574 (caption) Blue Doctor-fish, Blue Tang (Teuthis cœruleus).

1989 Lancet 4 Nov. 1093/2 The pools contain three types of fish, known locally as strikers, jabbers, and lickers... All the bathers we spoke to were enthusiastic about the doctor fish.

2011 Observer 1 May 13/4 The practice of using Garra rufa fish—often called ‘doctor fish’—to heal skin dates back over 400 years.

2017 Marine Ecol. Progress Ser. 580 41/1 A number of fisheries regulations have been put in place across Belize to protect exploited species. These include..a complete ban on the harvest of..acanthurids (tang/surgeonfish/doctorfish).

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