Lafayetten.

/lafeɪˈjɛt/

Etymology: < the name of the French general Lafayette.

U.S.

1. A sciænoid fish of the Northern United States ( Liostomus xanthurus).

ΚΠ

1843 C. Mathews Var. Writings 266 He had caught a small carful of striped bass and Lafayette fish.

1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Lafayette fish (Leiostomus obliquus), a delicious sea-fish, which appears in the summer in great abundance at Cape Island on the Jersey coast... The name Lafayette..was given it on account of its appearance one summer coinciding with the last visit of General Lafayette to America.

2. A stromateoid fish ( Stromateus triacanthus).

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1885 J. S. Kingsley Standard Nat. Hist. (1888) III. 215 A much smaller species..otherwise known as ‘Lafayette’ or ‘Cape May goodie’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	lafayette
释义	Lafayetten. /lafeɪˈjɛt/ Etymology: < the name of the French general Lafayette. U.S. 1. A sciænoid fish of the Northern United States ( Liostomus xanthurus). ΚΠ 1843 C. Mathews Var. Writings 266 He had caught a small carful of striped bass and Lafayette fish. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Lafayette fish (Leiostomus obliquus), a delicious sea-fish, which appears in the summer in great abundance at Cape Island on the Jersey coast... The name Lafayette..was given it on account of its appearance one summer coinciding with the last visit of General Lafayette to America. 2. A stromateoid fish ( Stromateus triacanthus). ΚΠ 1885 J. S. Kingsley Standard Nat. Hist. (1888) III. 215 A much smaller species..otherwise known as ‘Lafayette’ or ‘Cape May goodie’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1843
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