单词 | labroid |
释义 | labroidn.adj. Zoology. A. n. Originally: a fish of, or resembling one of, the family Labridae; = labrid n. In later use spec.: a fish of the perciform suborder Labroidei or superfamily Labroidea, which comprises the wrasses, cichlids, parrotfishes, damselfishes, and related forms. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Labrioidei (wrasse) > [noun] > family Labridae > genus Labrax > member of (sea-perch) sea-perch1601 labrax1603 sea-dace1668 labroid1826 1826 Edinb. Philos. Jrnl. 14 367 The Volcanic Sandwich Islands are chiefly peopled with Labroids. 1865 Reader No. 110. 143/2 Fishes which..pass to the type of Labroïds and Lophioïds. 1903 Amer. Naturalist 37 137 The Chætodonts, Labroids and Pomacentrids are placed first among Percomorphous fishes. 1952 J. G. D. Clark Prehistoric Europe (1968) iii. 84 The abundance of bones of labroids and wrasses shows..that the islanders confined their fishing to inshore waters. 2014 N. J. Gidmark & A. M. Simons in M. L. Warren & B. M. Burr Freshwater Fishes N. Amer. I. xii. 408/2 As in labroids, the mobility of the pharyngeal jaws may be associated with the diversification of Cyprinidae. B. adj. Originally: of or resembling fishes of the family Labridae; = labrid adj. In later use spec.: relating to or designating fishes of the suborder Labroidei or superfamily Labroidea. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Labrioidei (wrasse) > [adjective] labroid1832 labriform1842 labrid1914 1832 Synopsis Contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 26) 79 The Labroid fish, so called from the large size of the fleshy lips which cover their teeth, have the general form of the Percoid. 1864 Reader No. 86. 239/3 A new Labroid genus allied to Trochocopus. 1892 Athenæum 26 Mar. 407/2 The labroid fishes of America and Europe. 1985 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 72 673 The remaining two species of Cardicola inhabit mugiloid and labroid fishes. 2014 N. J. Gidmark & A. M. Simons in M. L. Warren & B. M. Burr Freshwater Fishes N. Amer. I. xii. 407/2 The arrangement of these muscles..is analogous to the muscular sling of labroid fishes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1826 |
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