单词 | goldsinny |
释义 | goldsinnyn. Either of two wrasses of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean: the goldsinny wrasse, Ctenolabrus rupestris, and the corkwing wrasse, Symphodus melops; cf. goldfinny 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 a1705 J. Ray Synopsis Avium & Piscium (1713) ii. 163 Gold-sinny, Cornubiensium. 1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 209 The tail..of the Goldsinny is even at the end. 1832 Mag. Nat. Hist. 5 19 From the rock-cook and goldsinny it may be distinguished..by its longer form. 1900 Rep. Norwegian Fishery & Marine Investig. 1 No. 1 40 The Kure Fiord near Moss... Numerous Burbots... Gobies... Gold Sinnies. 1989 New Scientist 21 Oct. 35/3 The gold sinny wrasse can kill the parasites that plague salmon in fish farms. 2000 A. C. Jensen et al. in Artific. Reefs European Seas xvi. 278 Goldsinny were observed ‘cleaning’ red mullet. Compounds goldsinny wrasse n. a wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Black Sea, Ctenolabrus rupestris, having a green or reddish-brown body with a pale belly and a black patch on the dorsal fin and at the base of the caudal fin. ΚΠ 1812 Pennant's Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. 339 (heading) Goldsinny wrasse. 1916 A. Meek Migrations of Fish xxii. 307 The goldsinny wrasse, Ctenolabrus rupestris, from the Mediterranean to the Baltic. 1996 J. W. van der Schans in C. Bailey et al. Aquaculture Dev. ix. 163 The Shetland Salmon Farmers' Association also sponsored research to try alternative methods of sea lice control, including the use of Goldsinny wrasse fish to remove sea lice from farmed salmon. 2018 @BroomfieldKeith 18 June in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) There were a lot of fish about when I was snorkeling in Loch Kirkaig yesterday, including colourful goldsinny wrasse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1705 |
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