| 单词 | lantern-sprat |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslantern-sprat lantern-sprat n. a sprat infested by a Lernæan parasite (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > order Clupeiformes > [noun] > family Clupeidae and herrings > sprattus sprattus (sprat) > infested by luminous parasites lantern-sprat1880 1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 233 This Lernea is luminous at night-time, and fishermen assert that shoals of sprats are often preceded by several of these fishes infested by parasites and which have occasioned their being termed ‘lanthorn sprats’. < as lemmas |
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