| 单词 | orbfish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasorbfish 9. Now usually in full orbfish. Any of various fishes with a spherical or circular body, esp. †(a) a globefish (obsolete); (b) an Indian Ocean spadefish, Ephippus orbis (family Ephippidae). Cf. sea-orb n. at sea n. Compounds 6d. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > unspecified types > [noun] whalec950 tumbrelc1300 sprout1340 squame1393 codmop1466 whitefish1482 lineshark?a1500 salen1508 glaucus1509 bretcock1522 warcodling1525 razor1530 bassinatc1540 goldeney1542 smy1552 maiden1555 grail1587 whiting1587 needle1589 pintle-fish1591 goldfish1598 puffin fish1598 quap1598 stork1600 black-tail1601 ellops1601 fork-fish1601 sea-grape1601 sea-lizard1601 sea-raven1601 barne1602 plosher1602 whale-mouse1607 bowman1610 catfish1620 hog1620 kettle-fish1630 sharpa1636 carda1641 housewifea1641 roucotea1641 ox-fisha1642 sea-serpent1646 croaker1651 alderling1655 butkin1655 shamefish1655 yard1655 sea-dart1664 sea-pelican1664 Negro1666 sea-parrot1666 sea-blewling1668 sea-stickling1668 skull-fish1668 whale's guide1668 sennet1671 barracuda1678 skate-bread1681 tuck-fish1681 swallowtail1683 piaba1686 pit-fish1686 sand-creeper1686 horned hog1702 soldier1704 sea-crowa1717 bran1720 grunter1726 calcops1727 bennet1731 bonefish1734 Negro fish1735 isinglass-fish1740 orb1740 gollin1747 smelt1776 night-walker1777 water monarch1785 hardhead1792 macaw-fish1792 yellowback1796 sea-raven1797 blueback1812 stumpnose1831 flat1847 butterfish1849 croppie1856 gubbahawn1857 silt1863 silt-snapper1863 mullet-head1866 sailor1883 hogback1893 skipper1898 stocker1904 1740 R. Brookes Art of Angling ii. lxxviii. 200 The Orb..is taken in the Mouth of the River Nile in Ægypt. The Figure is nearly Spherical, the Tail only excepted. It is cover'd with a hard Skin which is all over beset with sharp Prickles. 1803 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. IV. ii. 339 Orb Chætodon, Chætodon Orbis. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Orbis, Orb-fish, a fish of a circular form. It is covered with a firm hard skin full of small prickles but destitute of scales. 1870 Spiers & Surenne's French & Eng. Pronouncing Dict. (rev. ed.) 435/3 at Orbe [Orbe] épineux, (ich.) orbis; orb-fish. 1953 A. W. Herre Check List Philippine Fishes (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Res. Rep. No. 20) 489 Ephippus orbis (Bloch). Orbfish. < as lemmas |
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