单词 | gill raker |
释义 | > as lemmasgill raker gill raker n. each of a series of cartilaginous or bony projections on the inner side of a fish's gill arch which protect the gill filaments and filter particles of food from the water; cf. raker n.1 4b. ΚΠ 1862 A. Günther Catal. Fishes Brit. Mus. IV. 343 The first branchial arch is provided anteriorly with long gill-rakers. 1970 Nature 24 Oct. 323/2 These fish use their gill rakers to strain off the minute animals such as harpacticoid copepods. 2000 Dive Nov. 39/1 The shark swims with its mouth open wide..and the water flows over a series of hair-like strainers called gill rakers, before continuing over the gills and out through the gill slits. < as lemmas |
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