| 单词 | greyfish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreyfish greyfish n. (a) Scottish regional the saithe or coalfish, Pollachius virens, esp. a juvenile one; cf. greylord n. (now historical); (b) North American any of several types of greyish dogfish used as food. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > pollachius virens (coal-fish) > at certain stage of growth greyhead1692 greylord1698 greyfish1703 greybeard1742 1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands Scotl. 384 The Grey Fish of the largest size are not to be had in any quantity without going further into the Ocean. 1863 W. F. Campbell & J. F. Campbell Life in Normandy I. 283 It was some time before I knew that stainloch, grey-fish, seath, cudding, and poddly, were all one fish at different ages. 1917 Science 13 Apr. 367/2 Under the name of grayfish it [sc. dogfish] is now being successfully canned and marketed. 1955 Norseman Sept. 321/1 These [sc. piltocs and sillocks] are, when fully-grown, known as ‘coal’ or greyfish, and can attain the size of a cod. 2000 Canberra Times (Nexis) 16 Jan. a26 In the United States, shark is sometimes referred to as ‘greyfish’. < as lemmas |
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