单词 | eel-fare |
释义 | eel-faren. a. The passage of young eels up a river. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > [noun] > migratory fish > migration migration1701 migrating1815 eel-fare1836 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes (1859) I. 54 This passage of young Eels is called Eel-fare on the banks of the Thames. 1883 G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads xxxi. 235 This ‘eel-fare’ lasts several days. b. A brood of young eels (see elver n.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [noun] > order Anguilliformes > member of family Muraenidae (eel) > young eel-fare1533 elvera1641 1533 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. vii Any frye, spaume, or brode of yeles, called yele fares, or Ell vares. 1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Eel-fares, -vares, a Fry or Brood of Eels. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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