单词 | nurse-fish |
释义 | † nurse-fishn. Obsolete. rare. = nurse n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > family Orectolobidae > member of (carpet shark) nurse1499 nurse-fish1682 zebra shark1804 nurse shark1851 wobbegong1852 sleeper1884 carpet shark1929 the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > family Scyliorhinidae > member of genus Scyliorhinus (rock-fish) > scyliorhinus stellaris nurse1499 rough hound1602 nurse-fish1682 bouncea1705 nursehound1848 rock salmon1928 dogfish1931 1682 J. Collins Salt & Fishery 83 Their [sc. the Icelanders'] Bread is also another sort of Fish, called Hokettle, or the Nurse-Fish, which hath a sharp Ridge on his Back that cuts asunder Fishery-Tackle. 1873 C. Thaxter Among Isles of Shoals 87 Sometimes is caught on a trawl a monstrous creature of horrible aspect, called the nurse-fish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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