单词 | lake-lawyer |
释义 | > as lemmaslake-lawyer lake-lawyer n. U.S. a jocular name given to two different fishes, the bow-fin and the burbot, in allusion to their voracity. ΚΠ 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Lake lawyer, the Western Mud-fish... Dr. Kirtland says it is..called the lake lawyer, from its ‘ferocious looks and voracious habits’. < as lemmas |
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