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单词 panchax
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panchaxn.

Brit. /ˈpantʃaks/, U.S. /ˈpænˌtʃæks/
Inflections: Plural unchanged, (rare) panchaxes.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin panchax.
Etymology: < scientific Latin panchax, specific name (see quot. 1822), later also a former genus name ( Cuvier and A. Valenciennes Hist. nat. des poissons (1846) XVIII. 380), of uncertain origin; perhaps < ancient Greek πάγχυ wholly, entirely (ultimately < πάς all (see pan- comb. form), although the suffixation is unclear); apparently so called on account of the entirety of the tail fin (compare quot. 1822).
Originally: a fish of the former genus Panchax of small Old World tropical killifishes (family Poeciliidae); (in form Panchax) the genus itself. In later use more widely: any of numerous killifishes, esp. of the genus Aplocheilus, and including many popular aquarium species.Members of the former genus Panchax are now included in Aplocheilus.
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1822 F. Hamilton Fishes Ganges 282 Esox panchax, an Esox with the fin of the tail entire... The Panchax (Pangchak) is very common in the ditches and ponds of Bengal.
1911 Amer. Naturalist 45 437 Regan regards Panchax as a genus distinct from Aplocheilus.
1924 Copeia No. 129. 43 The breeding habits..are stated to be the same as those of the Asiatic Aplocheilus, while the breeding of Aplocheilichthys is like that of Panchax.
1937 Proc. Royal Soc. Lond. 123 60 Haplochilus and Panchax are Indian types; the other two are imported forms.
1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes 249 (heading) The Dwarf/Madras/Green Panchax. Native to the Madras and Coromandel coasts.
1985 B. Ward Fish Survival Guide ii. 102 They spawn in floating plants or nylon mops, like the other panchaxes.
1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xv. 247/1 Sexual dimorphism reaches extremes in the elongate, brightly colored median fins of male rivulines (e.g., lyretails, panchax,..and pupfishes).
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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