| 单词 | margaret-fish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmargaret-fish a. U.S. and Caribbean. More fully margaret-fish, margaret-grunt. The margate, Haemulon album. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Pomadysidae (grunts) > member of genus Haemulon grunta1705 red-mouth1704 porgy1725 margate1735 Margareta1757 redthroat1840 flannel-mouth1882 redgullet1890 a1757 P. H. Bruce Memoirs (1782) xii. 424 The sea hereabouts abounds with fish unknown to us in Europe;..those for food are, the king-fish, jew-fish, hog-fish, pork-fish, mutton-fish, rock-fish, Margaret-fish, [etc.]. 1892 Inst. Jamaica Bull. No. 1. 8/2 Genus, Haemulon... H. acutum, Poey. Bastard Margaret... H. gibbosum (Schn.) Jord. Margaret Grunt. 1902 D. S. Jordan & B. W. Evermann Amer. Food & Game Fishes 422 The name margate-fish appears to have been derived from Margate, a well-known seaport..in England... In the Bahamas and at Key West the name is now variously corrupted into margat, market, margaret, and margarite. 1935 L. S. Caine Game Fish of South i. 85 The margaretfish or margaret grunt is one of the largest members of the grunt family, and is found from Florida south to Brazil. 1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk 323 Margaret grunt and bastard Margaret were names recorded by Cockrell [quot. 1892]; only the former appears to survive. < as lemmas |
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