英语词汇“leaf fish”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

leaf fish n. a fish that resembles a leaf, esp. in having a thin flat body and cryptic coloration; esp. (in later use) any of various small predatory freshwater fishes of the Old World family Nandidae and the New World family Polycentridae, popular with aquarists.

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1827 J. E. Alexander Trav. India to Eng. vii. 61 A most extraordinary fish resembling a bat, which I imagine to be a species of pleuronectes; it swam on its side, and was called by the Lascars the putha muchee, or leaf-fish.

1909 Nature 29 Apr. 247/2 The resemblance of a leaf-fish (Platax) to a leaf is a real resemblance, advantageous to the fish.

1972 Progress-Bull (Pomona, Calif.) 7 Oct. 2 I'm finding my new leaf fish very fascinating pets except I don't like the idea of having to feed them those poor, live guppies.

2001 D. J. Leonard Diving Pacific: Micronesia & W. Pacific Islands iv. 123 If you have good eyes, you can find the well-camouflaged leaf fish (Taenianotus triacanthus) here, which is rare in most of Micronesia.

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