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单词 king of the mullets
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king of the mullets
king of the mullets n. (also king of the mullet) (a) the cardinal fish, a small fish of the Mediterranean Sea and equatorial regions of the eastern Atlantic coast, Apogon imberbis, having large eyes, a reddish or pink body, and a long pectoral fin; (b) Irish English (northern) the European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax. A. imberbis was formerly in the genus Mullus (the mullets).
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1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 265 The red Smoothheaded Trigla, without any beards. The King of the Mullets.
1838 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1 352 The very few Basse (Labrax Lupus, Cuv.) taken in Belfast bay..are generally captured along with M[ugil] Chelo, and are hence called ‘white mullet’ and ‘king of the mullet’.
1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland I. 9 White-mullet and king of the mullets, Belfast.
1899 Science 15 Dec. 880/1 Apogon maculatus (Poey). King-of-the-mullets. This species has been recorded from Florida, the West Indies, and Brazil.
1957 Irish Press 28 Oct. 6/8 The name they have for it in County Down is ‘King of the Mullet’.
2001 P. V. August et al. Vertebr. Rhode Island 24 (table) Apogon imbrebis. King-of-the-mullets. Adventitious Visitor.
2007 P. S. Maitland Scotl. Freshwater Fish ii. 292/1 It has a variety of alternative common names, including Bass, King of the Mullet, Salmon Bass, School Bass, Sea Perch, White Mullet.
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