| 单词 | fathom-fish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfathom-fish fathom-fish n. western North American = eulachon n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > thaleichthys pacificus (candle-fish) eulachon1807 fathom-fish1849 candle-fish1882 1849 A. Ross Adventures First Settlers Oregon River (1904) vi. 109 To prepare them [sc. the ulichans] for a distant market, they are laid side by side, head and tail alternately, and then a thread run through both extremities links them together, in which state they are dried, smoked, and sold by the fathom, hence they have obtained the name of fathom-fish. 1897 E. Coues New Light Early Hist. Greater Northwest ii. 787 Another name of these ‘smelts’ was fathom-fish, given because they were strung on strings and sold by the fathom. < as lemmas |
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