| 单词 | oarfish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoarfish oarfish n. a large, extremely long-bodied deep-water marine fish, Regalecus glesne (family Regalecidae), with a long continuous dorsal fin and slender ventral fins thought to resemble oars. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > [noun] > order Lampridiformes > member of family Regalecidae (oar-fish) shelp1553 swathe-fish1668 riband fish1751 ribbonfish1798 sea-serpent1851 oarfish1860 tape-fish1885 paddlefish1953 1860 J. Richardson Yarrell's Hist. Brit. Fishes 2nd Suppl. 27 (heading) Banks's oar-fish. 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes ii. 522 They [sc. Regalecus species] are frequently called..‘Oar-fishes’, from their two ventral fins, which have a dilatation at their extremity not unlike the blade of an oar. 1972 N.Z. News 31 May 3/2 Two small boys rowing their boat in the Otago Harbour..bumped into a comparatively rare oar fish, 10 feet long and weighing about 100 pounds. < as lemmas |
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