单词 | gorebill |
释义 | gorebilln. local. A name of the garfish. (Cf. gore-fish n.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Atheriniformes > [noun] > member of family Belonidae (gar-fish) horn-fishOE hornkeckc1425 garfishc1440 horn-stocka1485 green-bone1525 hornbeak1565 thorn-beak1570 horn-back1598 needlefish1601 spit-fish1601 sea-needle1603 ganefish1611 snacot-fish1611 greenbacka1682 bill-fisha1757 gar1767 sea-pike1769 saury1771 gar-pike1776 sea-snipea1832 mackerel guide1835 long-nose1836 gore-fish1839 gorebill1862 mackerel-scout1880 Long Tom1881 snipe-eel1882 1862 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 625/1 It [the Garfish] is sometimes called Greenbone, Gorebill, and Mackerel-guide. 1881 Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 68 The hooks being baited with smelt or a fish called the Gorebill. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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