| 单词 | hen-fish |
| 释义 | > as lemmashen-fish hen-fish n. †(a) any of various bivalve molluscs (see sense 7) (obsolete); (b) any of various marine fishes; esp. the lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus (cf. sea-hen n. 1); (c) a female fish. ΚΠ 1603 G. Owen tr. Horace Satire ii. iv, in Descr. Pembrokeshire (1892) i. xv. 125 Henfishe [L. peloris] best are in Lucrina Lake. 1846 4th Ann. Rep. Fisheries Ireland 85/2 (table) 1 Hen fish, heavy. 1854 Proc. Lit. & Philos. Soc. Liverpool 8 36 Mactra Solida... This, and all the other species of Bivalve Mollusks, not sold for edible purposes, are called locally ‘hen-fish’ by the fishermen. 1859 J. Richardson Yarrell's Hist. Brit. Fishes (ed. 3) I. 541 It [sc. the Bib or Pout] is brought to Belfast Market from the Antrim and Down coasts, under the name of Hen-fish, and in Galway Bay is called Crow-fish. 1979 Gazette (Montreal) 8 May 54/2 It'll do the stocks of walleye in Lake St. Louis..little good when the big hen fish are yanked right off the spawning beds. 2016 S. Chester Arctic Guide 396/1 Lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus Also: Hen-fish, Lumpsucker, Seehase, Grosse poule de mer, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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