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单词 nimble-tail
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nimble-tail
nimble-tail n. [rendering classical Latin silūrus (see Silurus n.)] Obsolete a fish mentioned by Juvenal (perhaps a kind of catfish).Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Siluriformes (catfish) > [noun] > family Siluridae > genus Silurus (sheat-fish)
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a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 69 The silurus being a vile fish,..I render it, for defect of a proper name for it with us, a nimble-tail.
a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 255 With half a stinking nimble-tail.
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