| 单词 | medusafish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmedusafish medusafish n. a member of the family Centrolophidae of temperate and subtropical marine fishes, the young of which often swim close to jellyfishes (see quot. 1983); spec. the northern Pacific species Icichthys lockingtoni. ΚΠ 1960 Systematic Zool. 9 142/1 Icichthys lockingtoni Jordan and Gilbert, the medusafish. 1983 W. N. Eschmeyer & E. S. Herald Field Guide Pacific Coast Fishes N. Amer. v. 280 Young medusafishes live near jellyfishes and can be found inside the jellyfish ‘bell’. (Presumably, young medusafishes are immune to the stinging cells of jellyfishes and move inside them for protection from predators.) The young also eat jellyfishes, especially the tentacles and gonads. 1985 A. Wheeler World Encycl. Fishes 218/3 The medusafish is widely distributed in the cool temperate waters of the N. Pacific, occurring from off the coast of California to Alaska and S. to Japanese waters. < as lemmas |
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