pen-fishn.

Brit.

/ˈpɛnfɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈpɛnˌfɪʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pen n.³, fish n.¹

Etymology: < pen n.³ + fish n.¹; in sense 1 after Dutch penne-visch (1682 in the passage translated in quot. 1732 at sense 1).

rare.

†1. A kind of eelpout with a smooth skin, found in the East Indies. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1732 tr. J. Nieuhof in Coll. Voy. & Trav. (new ed.) II. 307/1 The pen fish is also a kind of eelpoute, with a smooth skin without scales.

†2. = sea-pen n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Anthozoa Actinozoa > order Alcyonaria > suborder Pennatulacea > member of family Pennatulidae

sea-feather1624

sea-pen1764

pen-fish1787

pennatulid1869

1787 P. Maty Gen. Index Philos. Trans. 375 Pen-fish. An account of the sea-pen, or Pennatula phosphorea of Linnæus.

3. A squid, a calamary. Cf. pen n.³ 5d. Now archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Decapoda > family Teuthidae > member of (squid)

calamary1567

sea-cat1601

sleeve1611

sleeve-fish1611

squid1613

calaminary1620

sea-clerk1623

sotong1833

pen-fish1835

sea-arrow1851

devil fish1866

sea-sleeve1867

oegopsid1890

chokka1902

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 321/2 The common Calamary or Pen-fish.

1866 tr. V. Hugo Toilers of Sea 125/2 The porpoises..have a way of biting the cuttle-fish which decapitates it. Hence the frequent sight on the sea of pen-fish, poulps, and cuttle-fish without heads.

1989 P. O'Brian Thirteen-gun Salute v. 138 This cuttlefish..has a horny internal shell like a pen, so very like that the animal is sometimes called a pen-fish.

†4. Any of various Caribbean porgies of the genus Calamus, having a pen-like spine on the ventral fin. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sparidae (sea-breams) > [noun] > member of genus Calamus

porgy1725

pen-fish1890

1890 Cent. Dict. 4373/1 Penfish, a sparoid fish of the genus Calamus, so called because the second interhemal spine is pen-shaped.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	pen-fish
释义	pen-fishn. Brit. /ˈpɛnfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈpɛnˌfɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pen n.³, fish n.¹ Etymology: < pen n.³ + fish n.¹; in sense 1 after Dutch penne-visch (1682 in the passage translated in quot. 1732 at sense 1). rare. †1. A kind of eelpout with a smooth skin, found in the East Indies. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1732 tr. J. Nieuhof in Coll. Voy. & Trav. (new ed.) II. 307/1 The pen fish is also a kind of eelpoute, with a smooth skin without scales. †2. = sea-pen n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Anthozoa Actinozoa > order Alcyonaria > suborder Pennatulacea > member of family Pennatulidae sea-feather1624 sea-pen1764 pen-fish1787 pennatulid1869 1787 P. Maty Gen. Index Philos. Trans. 375 Pen-fish. An account of the sea-pen, or Pennatula phosphorea of Linnæus. 3. A squid, a calamary. Cf. pen n.³ 5d. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Decapoda > family Teuthidae > member of (squid) calamary1567 sea-cat1601 sleeve1611 sleeve-fish1611 squid1613 calaminary1620 sea-clerk1623 sotong1833 pen-fish1835 sea-arrow1851 devil fish1866 sea-sleeve1867 oegopsid1890 chokka1902 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 321/2 The common Calamary or Pen-fish. 1866 tr. V. Hugo Toilers of Sea 125/2 The porpoises..have a way of biting the cuttle-fish which decapitates it. Hence the frequent sight on the sea of pen-fish, poulps, and cuttle-fish without heads. 1989 P. O'Brian Thirteen-gun Salute v. 138 This cuttlefish..has a horny internal shell like a pen, so very like that the animal is sometimes called a pen-fish. †4. Any of various Caribbean porgies of the genus Calamus, having a pen-like spine on the ventral fin. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sparidae (sea-breams) > [noun] > member of genus Calamus porgy1725 pen-fish1890 1890 Cent. Dict. 4373/1 Penfish, a sparoid fish of the genus Calamus, so called because the second interhemal spine is pen-shaped. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1732
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