mormyrn.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːmɪə/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrˌmɪr/

Forms: 1800s mormyre, 1800s– mormyr.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mormyre.

Etymology: < French mormyre fish of the genus Mormyrus (1791; also Cuvier Tableau élémentaire de l'hist. nat. des animaux (1798) 365; 16th cent. in Middle French denoting a kind of sea bream: compare mormyrus n. (a)), either < post-classical Latin mormyrus , mormyra mormyrus n. or < classical Latin mormȳr (see mormyrus n.).

Zoology.

= mormyrid n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > superorder Osteoglossomorpha (bonytongues) > [noun] > order Mormyriformes > member of family Mormyridae

oxyrhynchus1603

spit-nose1668

mormyrus1706

mormyr1890

oxyrhynch1890

mormyrid1896

1872 T. Gill Arrangem. Families Fishes 42 The families referred to [in vol. 20 of Cuvier and Valencienne's Histoire naturelle des poissons] are: Chirocentres.., Alepocéphales.., Mormyres (with Mormyrus), [etc.].]

1890 Cent. Dict. Mormyre, a fish of the genus Mormyrus; a mormyrian.

1898 Proc. Zool. Soc. 15 Nov. 778 Those possible ancestors of the Mormyrs belong to the most generalized forms of Clupeines.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 848/1 The mormyrs (Mormyridae) are one of the most remarkable families of the Malacopterygian fishes.

1947 K. H. Barnard Pictorial Guide S. Afr. Fishes 46 The flesh of the Mormyrs is of good flavour and rich in oil.

1989 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 231/1 The families Mormyridae (elephant-snout fishes, mormyrs), Gymnarchidae, and Pantodontidae..are confined to Africa.

Derivatives

† mormyrian n. Obsolete rare = mormyrid n.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Mormyrian, a fish of the family Mormyridæ.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mormyr
释义	mormyrn. Brit. /ˈmɔːmɪə/, U.S. /ˈmɔrˌmɪr/ Forms: 1800s mormyre, 1800s– mormyr. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mormyre. Etymology: < French mormyre fish of the genus Mormyrus (1791; also Cuvier Tableau élémentaire de l'hist. nat. des animaux (1798) 365; 16th cent. in Middle French denoting a kind of sea bream: compare mormyrus n. (a)), either < post-classical Latin mormyrus , mormyra mormyrus n. or < classical Latin mormȳr (see mormyrus n.). Zoology. = mormyrid n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > superorder Osteoglossomorpha (bonytongues) > [noun] > order Mormyriformes > member of family Mormyridae oxyrhynchus1603 spit-nose1668 mormyrus1706 mormyr1890 oxyrhynch1890 mormyrid1896 1872 T. Gill Arrangem. Families Fishes 42 The families referred to [in vol. 20 of Cuvier and Valencienne's Histoire naturelle des poissons] are: Chirocentres.., Alepocéphales.., Mormyres (with Mormyrus), [etc.].] 1890 Cent. Dict. Mormyre, a fish of the genus Mormyrus; a mormyrian. 1898 Proc. Zool. Soc. 15 Nov. 778 Those possible ancestors of the Mormyrs belong to the most generalized forms of Clupeines. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 848/1 The mormyrs (Mormyridae) are one of the most remarkable families of the Malacopterygian fishes. 1947 K. H. Barnard Pictorial Guide S. Afr. Fishes 46 The flesh of the Mormyrs is of good flavour and rich in oil. 1989 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 231/1 The families Mormyridae (elephant-snout fishes, mormyrs), Gymnarchidae, and Pantodontidae..are confined to Africa. Derivatives † mormyrian n. Obsolete rare = mormyrid n.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Mormyrian, a fish of the family Mormyridæ. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1890
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