nine-eyesn.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪnʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪnˌaɪz/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nine adj., eye n.¹

Etymology: < nine adj. + the plural of eye n.¹ With sense 2 compare Middle Dutch negenoge (Dutch negenoog), Middle Low German nēgenōgen (chiefly in plural as nēgenōgen), Old High German niunouga (Middle High German niunouge, German Neunauge), Old Swedish neghenögha (Swedish nejonöga), Danish negenøje, niøje, negenøjn.

†1. The butterfish Pholis gunnellus. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Blennioidei > pholis gunnellus (gunnel)

stone-fish1668

butterfish1673

gunnel1686

nine-eyes1711

swordick1805

1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii VI. Table LI Butterfish, Nine Eyes... Mr. Charles Dell sent me this from Falmouth, where its call'd Nine Eyes from its Spots.

1863 J. Couch Hist. Fishes Brit. Islands II. 236 Butterfish. Swordick, Gunnel, Nine eyes.

1879 T. Satchell Provis. Index Fish Names 5 Blennius gunnellus, Butter-fish.., Nine-eyes.

2. A lamprey, esp. a young one. Cf. nine-eyed eel n. at nine-eyed adj. Compounds, nine holes n. 2.

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the world > animals > fish > superclass Agnatha > [noun] > suborder Petromyzontoidei or genus Petromyzon > member of (lamprey)

lamprey1297

seven-eyes1496

lamprel1526

weasel1601

stone-grig1666

lamper-eel1709

lamprey-eel1726

stone-sucker1753

nine-eyed eel1811

nine-eyes1818

nine holesa1825

spanker-eel1846

seven-holes1853

petromyzontoid1861

1818 R. Jamieson Notes Burt's Lett. I. 122 The ramper-eel, lamprey, or nine eyes, is held in abhorrence.

1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua 517 Nine-eyes, the Ammocætes branchialis of Naturalists, so called from having a number of spiracles on each side, or branchial orifices in a lateral groove.

1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 360 Lampern,..nine-eyes, nine-holes, the eye and nasal orifice appear to be here counted.

1896 J. W. Kirkaldy & E. C. Pollard tr. J. E. V. Boas Text Bk. Zool. 382 The Nine-eyes or Lampreys..have a circular sucking mouth with horny teeth.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xvi. 429 It is called a ‘niner’ (nine-eyes), although its eyes have not reached the surface.

1988 Guardian (Nexis) 21 May The old recipes always refer to the raw material as either lamprey or lamperns, but away from the cookery books there are a variety of names—lamper-eel, nine-eyes (in which the seven gill openings are added to the two eyes), nine holes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	nine-eyes
释义	nine-eyesn. Brit. /ˈnʌɪnʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈnaɪnˌaɪz/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nine adj., eye n.¹ Etymology: < nine adj. + the plural of eye n.¹ With sense 2 compare Middle Dutch negenoge (Dutch negenoog), Middle Low German nēgenōgen (chiefly in plural as nēgenōgen), Old High German niunouga (Middle High German niunouge, German Neunauge), Old Swedish neghenögha (Swedish nejonöga), Danish negenøje, niøje, negenøjn. †1. The butterfish Pholis gunnellus. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Blennioidei > pholis gunnellus (gunnel) stone-fish1668 butterfish1673 gunnel1686 nine-eyes1711 swordick1805 1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii VI. Table LI Butterfish, Nine Eyes... Mr. Charles Dell sent me this from Falmouth, where its call'd Nine Eyes from its Spots. 1863 J. Couch Hist. Fishes Brit. Islands II. 236 Butterfish. Swordick, Gunnel, Nine eyes. 1879 T. Satchell Provis. Index Fish Names 5 Blennius gunnellus, Butter-fish.., Nine-eyes. 2. A lamprey, esp. a young one. Cf. nine-eyed eel n. at nine-eyed adj. Compounds, nine holes n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superclass Agnatha > [noun] > suborder Petromyzontoidei or genus Petromyzon > member of (lamprey) lamprey1297 seven-eyes1496 lamprel1526 weasel1601 stone-grig1666 lamper-eel1709 lamprey-eel1726 stone-sucker1753 nine-eyed eel1811 nine-eyes1818 nine holesa1825 spanker-eel1846 seven-holes1853 petromyzontoid1861 1818 R. Jamieson Notes Burt's Lett. I. 122 The ramper-eel, lamprey, or nine eyes, is held in abhorrence. 1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua 517 Nine-eyes, the Ammocætes branchialis of Naturalists, so called from having a number of spiracles on each side, or branchial orifices in a lateral groove. 1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 360 Lampern,..nine-eyes, nine-holes, the eye and nasal orifice appear to be here counted. 1896 J. W. Kirkaldy & E. C. Pollard tr. J. E. V. Boas Text Bk. Zool. 382 The Nine-eyes or Lampreys..have a circular sucking mouth with horny teeth. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xvi. 429 It is called a ‘niner’ (nine-eyes), although its eyes have not reached the surface. 1988 Guardian (Nexis) 21 May The old recipes always refer to the raw material as either lamprey or lamperns, but away from the cookery books there are a variety of names—lamper-eel, nine-eyes (in which the seven gill openings are added to the two eyes), nine holes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1711
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