| 单词 | fossil fish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfossil fish fossil fish n. †(a) a fish formerly supposed to live in water underground (obsolete); (b) a fossilized fish; an extinct fish existing only as fossils. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > [noun] > defined by habitat > supposed to live in water underground fossil1569 fossil fish1652 1652 A. Ross Arcana Microcosmi 213 Where these Fossil fishes are found, there are subterraneall waters not farre off, by which they are conveyed thither. 1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) 69 As for Fossil Fishes, some make their way into the Earth up the Veins of Water opening into the Banks of Rivers, where they lie till they grow so great that they cannot return. 1785 W. Smellie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular (ed. 2) IX. 303 Many other fossil fishes and shells, which no longer have any living representative, existed only in those primitive times when the earth and sea were still warm. 1845 N. Brit. Rev. 3 494 In all the families up to the commencement of the Cretaceous, there were almost no fossil fishes but Placoids and Ganoids. 1928 G. H. Wilkins Undiscovered Austral. 115 A fossil fish porphyrized and shining. 2000 H. Gee Deep Time ii. 46 My favourite gallery was one of the least visited—the Hall of Fossil Fishes. < as lemmas |
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