单词 | gypsy herring |
释义 | > as lemmasgypsy herring gypsy herring n. the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > order Clupeiformes > [noun] > family Clupeidae and herrings > clupea pilchardus (pilchard) pilchard1407 javelin1655 gypsy herring1803 French sardine1847 1803 J. Walker in Prize Ess. & Trans. Highland Soc. Scotl. 2 271 The pilchard..is known among our fishers by the name of the gipsey herring. 1883 Daily News 7 Sept. 2/1 A stranger..might imagine that the great shoals of ‘gipsy herrings’ had already arrived. 1981 T. Stobart & M. Owen Cook's Encycl. (U.S. ed.) 427/2 Fully grown sardines are fished off the coast of Cornwall as pilchards or gypsy herrings. < as lemmas |
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