| 单词 | orange roughy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasorange roughy orange roughy n. a marine fish with a rough, orange-coloured skin, Hoplostethus atlanticus (family Trachichthyidae), which is found in deep waters of temperate oceans worldwide and has white, delicately flavoured flesh (also called slime-head); the flesh of this fish as food. ΚΠ 1979 Catch Feb. 12 Orange Roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus... Deep body, massive head with conspicuous bony ridges and cavities. 1991 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Oct. 167/3 2 pounds orange roughy fillets, or other white fish such as halibut or red snapper. 2001 U.S. News & World Rep. 10 Sept. 70/2 A fish called slimehead (creatively renamed orange roughy for restaurant menus) wasn't fished commercially until 1979. < as lemmas |
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