mossbunkern.

Brit.

/ˈmɒsˌbʌŋkə/, U.S.

/ˈmɔsˌbəŋkər/,

/ˈmɑsˌbəŋkər/

Forms: 1700s mosbanker, 1700s–1800s mossbonker, 1800s marshbunker, 1800s morsbunker, 1800s morsch-banker, 1800s morsebonker, 1800s mossybunker, 1800s mousebunker, 1800s– marsbanker, 1800s– marshbanker, 1800s– massbanker, 1800s– mossbanker, 1800s– mossbunker.

Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch marsbanker.

Etymology: < Dutch marsbanker (also †masbank ) the horse mackerel or scad ( Trachurus trachurus), also the Atlantic menhaden (see note below); further etymology uncertain. Compare maasbanker n.The forms in English with marsh- are perhaps influenced by marsh n.¹; with the form mossybunker compare mossyback n. The name was apparently applied to the menhaden, which appears in schools similar to those of the horse mackerel or scad, by the Dutch of New York; the earliest example of this use (in Dutch) dates from 1661.

U.S. (regional).

The Atlantic menhaden (fish), Brevoortia tyrannus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > order Clupeiformes > [noun] > family Clupeidae and herrings > brevoortia tyrannus (menhaden)

old wife1585

yellowtaila1622

whiting1735

shadine1782

hardhead1792

menhaden1792

mossbunker1792

bony fish1815

pauhagen1833

pogy1840

green-tailed shad1884

schoolie1891

1792 in Proc. Amer. Assoc. (1880) 28 436 The fish called menhaden or mosbankers.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 222 Mossbonker.

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vii. vii. 225 He saw the duyvel, in the shape of a huge Moss-bonker with an invisible fiery tail.

1868 W. Whitman Salut au Monde in Poems 145 I see ten fishermen waiting—they discover now a thick school of mossbonkers—they drop the joined sein-ends in the water.

1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 659 The ‘Mossbanker’, common on the Atlantic coasts of the United States.

1881 N.Y. Times in G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes (1888) 112 These smacks are engaged in the menhaden or ‘mossbunker’ fishery.

1904 Newark Evening News 13 June 6 The pound nets drive away bluefish by decimating the schools of mossbunkers upon which the blues feed.

1949 This Week Mag. 10 Sept. 35/2 To extract this much money from the lowly ‘mossbunker’ requires a catch of 900,000,000 fish.

1976 W. W. Warner Beautiful Swimmers vi. 127 The menhaden has even more names than the herring. In New England it is the pogy; in the middle Atlantic states, the mossbunker; in North Carolina, the fatback.

1990 Yankee Jan. 18/3 The good ship Riga..was fishing for menhaden, called mossbunkers down here in New Jersey.

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

单词	mossbunker
释义	mossbunkern. Brit. /ˈmɒsˌbʌŋkə/, U.S. /ˈmɔsˌbəŋkər/, /ˈmɑsˌbəŋkər/ Forms: 1700s mosbanker, 1700s–1800s mossbonker, 1800s marshbunker, 1800s morsbunker, 1800s morsch-banker, 1800s morsebonker, 1800s mossybunker, 1800s mousebunker, 1800s– marsbanker, 1800s– marshbanker, 1800s– massbanker, 1800s– mossbanker, 1800s– mossbunker. Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch marsbanker. Etymology: < Dutch marsbanker (also †masbank ) the horse mackerel or scad ( Trachurus trachurus), also the Atlantic menhaden (see note below); further etymology uncertain. Compare maasbanker n.The forms in English with marsh- are perhaps influenced by marsh n.¹; with the form mossybunker compare mossyback n. The name was apparently applied to the menhaden, which appears in schools similar to those of the horse mackerel or scad, by the Dutch of New York; the earliest example of this use (in Dutch) dates from 1661. U.S. (regional). The Atlantic menhaden (fish), Brevoortia tyrannus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > order Clupeiformes > [noun] > family Clupeidae and herrings > brevoortia tyrannus (menhaden) old wife1585 yellowtaila1622 whiting1735 shadine1782 hardhead1792 menhaden1792 mossbunker1792 bony fish1815 pauhagen1833 pogy1840 green-tailed shad1884 schoolie1891 1792 in Proc. Amer. Assoc. (1880) 28 436 The fish called menhaden or mosbankers. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 222 Mossbonker. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vii. vii. 225 He saw the duyvel, in the shape of a huge Moss-bonker with an invisible fiery tail. 1868 W. Whitman Salut au Monde in Poems 145 I see ten fishermen waiting—they discover now a thick school of mossbonkers—they drop the joined sein-ends in the water. 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 659 The ‘Mossbanker’, common on the Atlantic coasts of the United States. 1881 N.Y. Times in G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes (1888) 112 These smacks are engaged in the menhaden or ‘mossbunker’ fishery. 1904 Newark Evening News 13 June 6 The pound nets drive away bluefish by decimating the schools of mossbunkers upon which the blues feed. 1949 This Week Mag. 10 Sept. 35/2 To extract this much money from the lowly ‘mossbunker’ requires a catch of 900,000,000 fish. 1976 W. W. Warner Beautiful Swimmers vi. 127 The menhaden has even more names than the herring. In New England it is the pogy; in the middle Atlantic states, the mossbunker; in North Carolina, the fatback. 1990 Yankee Jan. 18/3 The good ship Riga..was fishing for menhaden, called mossbunkers down here in New Jersey. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1792
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