单词 | mouth-breeder |
释义 | > as lemmasmouth-breeder mouth-breeder n. = mouth brooder n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Siluriformes (catfish) > [noun] > member of family Ariidae (mouth-breeder) mouth-breeder1927 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Cichlidae (cichlids) > member of (cichlid) cichlid1914 mouth-breeder1927 discus1935 1927 Sunday at Home June 239/1 The mouth-breeder protects her eggs by carrying them about in her mouth. 1962 K. F. Lagler et al. Ichthyol. x. 301 Some African fishes, Tilapia, are called ‘mouth-breeders’ because the young when they are hatched escape at time of danger into the oral cavity of the female. 1992 New Scientist 29 May 45/3 Mouthbreeders—fish which hold eggs and young in their mouths—are able to distinguish their own offspring..by smell. < as lemmas |
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