| 单词 | green eel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreen eel green eel n. †(a) any of various green-coloured eels; esp. a form of the common eel, Anguilla anguilla (obsolete); (b) Australian the yellow moray, Gymnothorax prasinus (now rare). ΚΠ 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler x. 191 Some curious searchers into the natures of fish, observe that there be several sorts or kinds of Eeles, as the silver-Eele, and green or greenish Eel (with which the River of Thames abounds, and are called Gregs); and a blackish Eele. View more context for this quotation 1736 T. Boreman Descr. Great Variety Animals & Veg. iii. 33 The Green Eel is of the bigness of a large common Eel, and like it in shape. 1800 S. Taylor Angling in all its Branches ii. 135 The Green Eel has a broad flat head, and is much flatter towards the tail than the other. 1880 Rep. Royal Comm. Fisheries New S. Wales 35 The ‘green eel’ (Muræna afra) is found abundantly in the holes and crevices of the rocks everywhere. 1922 H. A. Smith Official Year Bk. New S. Wales 1921 84 The commonest species is the green eel (Gymnothorax prasina). < as lemmas |
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