单词 | goldfinny |
释义 | goldfinnyn. Now rare. Either of two wrasses of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean: the corkwing wrasse, Symphodus melops, and the goldsinny wrasse, Ctenolabrus rupestris; cf. goldsinny n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Labrioidei (wrasse) > [noun] > family Labridae > member of genus Crenilabrus (gilt-head) aurata?1527 peacock of the sea?1527 gilthead1538 cunner1602 golden-poll1655 peacock fish1661 sea-roach1668 goldsinnya1705 goldfinny1795 golden maid1814 cork-wing1836 1795 J. Berkenhout Synopsis Nat. Hist. Great Brit. I. 75 Goldfinny. Length 3 inches. A remarkable black spot near the Tail. 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 296 The Goldfinny, or Goldsinny, Crenilabrus Cornubicus. 1864 M. P. Merrifield Sketch Nat. Hist. Brighton vii. 107 C. rupestris (Iago's Goldfinny or Goldsinny), though most common on the Cornish coast, is sometimes found as far east as Beachy Head. 1940 R. L. Benham tr. T. Christophersen et al. Tristan da Cunha x. 67 Many other fish were found in that pool, one with less showy colouring, like our gold finny, and two others belonging to the blenny family. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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