单词 | gibbin |
释义 | gibbinn. Manx English. Now rare. A sand eel. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Ammodytoidei ( sand-lances) > member of genus Ammodytes (sand-eel) sand-eel1307 sandlingc1440 smould1605 lant1620 launce1623 ammodyte1698 sand-launce1776 gibbin1798 wriggle1816 1798 J. Feltham Tour Island of Mann vii. 84 The sands abound with small eels, called here Gibbons, or Sand-Eels. 1865 Mona's Herald 21 June A new branch has this year been added, in the shape of eel or gibbon trawling. 1868 Nat. Encycl. I. 627 In the Isle of Man the two species are distinguished from each other as the Gray Gibbon and Red Gibbon. 1873 T. E. Brown Betsy Lee in Manx Sun 28 June 3/2 Diggin' upon the sand—Gibbins, of course. 1927 Ramsey (Isle of Man) Courier 26 Aug. 7/2 What has become of the gibbons, which were so plentiful about here? 1958 Courier (Isle of Man) 21 Nov. 6/6 An' her thin as a gibbin, the sowl. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1798 |
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