anchovetan.

Brit.

/ˌantʃə(ʊ)ˈvɛtə/, U.S.

/ˌæntʃoʊˈvɛdə/

Forms: 1900s– anchobeta, 1900s– anchoveta, 1900s– anchovetta.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish anchoveta.

Etymology: < Spanish anchoveta (1571) < anchova anchovy n. + -eta -et suffix¹.Compare the following earlier example of the Spanish word in an English context:1899 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 336 Engraulis ringens Jenyns... Local name, Anchobeta.

A small anchovy, Engraulis ringens, found off the coasts of Peru and Chile and valuable as a source of fish meal and oil.

ΚΠ

1910 R. E. Coker in Bull. U.S. Bureau Fisheries 28 338 More striking still are the immense schools of small fishes, the ‘anchobetas’ (Engraulis ringens Jenyns), which are followed by numbers of bonitos.

1950 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 96 19/1 Bonitos, when chasing anchovetas, often drive the fish to the surface, making them accessible to the birds.

2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Mar. 28/2 The production of diatoms explodes and with it the organisms, like the anchoveta, that prey upon them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	anchoveta
释义	anchovetan. Brit. /ˌantʃə(ʊ)ˈvɛtə/, U.S. /ˌæntʃoʊˈvɛdə/ Forms: 1900s– anchobeta, 1900s– anchoveta, 1900s– anchovetta. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish anchoveta. Etymology: < Spanish anchoveta (1571) < anchova anchovy n. + -eta -et suffix¹.Compare the following earlier example of the Spanish word in an English context:1899 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 336 Engraulis ringens Jenyns... Local name, Anchobeta. A small anchovy, Engraulis ringens, found off the coasts of Peru and Chile and valuable as a source of fish meal and oil. ΚΠ 1910 R. E. Coker in Bull. U.S. Bureau Fisheries 28 338 More striking still are the immense schools of small fishes, the ‘anchobetas’ (Engraulis ringens Jenyns), which are followed by numbers of bonitos. 1950 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 96 19/1 Bonitos, when chasing anchovetas, often drive the fish to the surface, making them accessible to the birds. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Mar. 28/2 The production of diatoms explodes and with it the organisms, like the anchoveta, that prey upon them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1910
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