单词 | linefish |
释义 | linefishn. Now chiefly South African. Fish which are caught using a hook and line rather than a net or trawl, and which are generally considered especially good or fresh to eat; line-caught fish. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > by method of catching > fish caught by line linefish1750 1750 London Mag. Aug. 360/1 The said town had, for time out of mind, been an ancient fishing town..for catching of cod, skeets, and other line fish. 1887 Proc. Royal Soc. 42 459 Putrefaction sets in sooner as a rule in fish taken by the trawl than in fish taken by the line, granting, of course, that the line fish are pithed and gutted as soon as they leave the water. 1970 E. J. Marsh Inshore Craft Great Brit. I. iii. 76 Scapa Flow a good ground for both herring and certain kinds of line fish. 2011 Sunday Tribune (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 17 July 12 Richard..chose the linefish of the day: dorado grilled with flash-seared vegetables. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1750 |
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