pilot fishn.

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪlət fɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪlət ˌfɪʃ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, pilot fishes.

Forms: 1500s pilat fish, 1600s pilate fish, 1600s pilats fish, 1600s– pilot fish.

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

Etymology: < pilot n. + fish n.¹, so called on account of the behaviour of the fish (see below).

a. A small carangid fish of warm seas, Naucrates ductor, with vertical dark bands along each side, often seen swimming close to large fish such as sharks and sometimes turtles and boats.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Carangidae (scads) > member of genus Naucrates (pilot-fish)

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1592 T. Lodge Euphues Shadow sig. G3^v Ripheus without snowe, driue the Pilat fish from the Sharke.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 5 Sharkes..are alwayes directed by a little specled fish, called a pilot fish, by guiding their Monster-masters to a prey.

a1667 P. Mundy Trav. (1914) II. 16 The Sharke..appearing most commonly in Calmes, accompanied with small Pilate Fishes.

1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 27 Pilot-Fishes, which the Shark, tho' never so hungry, does not devour.

1739 G. Whitefield Jrnl. Voy. London to Savannah (ed. 4) ii. 43 It was a Shark about the Length of a Man, which followed our Ship, attended with five little Fishes called the Pilot Fish, much like a Mackarel, but larger.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. iii. 47 When you meet the pilot-fish, the shark arn't far off, you know.

1835 Encycl. Brit. XII. 185/1 Naucrates ductor, the famous pilot-fish of navigators.., so named from its habit of keeping company with ships at sea, and frequently swimming beneath their bows.

1880 Harper's Mag. Sept. 503/2 The tiny pilot-fish, perhaps a kind of fugleman for the mackerel, but more likely his prey, like the rest, came first.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xvii. 438 The little pilot-fish, Naucrates ductor, of the Open Sea, a relative of the horse-mackerel, has become a companion of sharks, perhaps gaining crumbs from the meals and perhaps some protection from the alliance.

1974 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 27 Oct. 3/4 Two black and white pilot fish keeping station.

2002 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) July 142/1 Pilot fish are the first to explore strange, dark places which larger fish are apprehensive about investigating.

†b. U.S. Any of various other fishes which accompany sharks, boats, etc., as (a) the round whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum; (b) a remora (family Echeneidae); (c) an amberjack (genus Seriola). Obsolete. rare.

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1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. 298 C[oregonus] quadrilateralis,..Pilot-fish;..Shad Waiter, Round-fish.

1890 Cent. Dict. Pilot-fish... 3. A remora or sucking-fish of the family Echeneididæ, as Echeneis naucrates... 4. A coregonid, Coregonus quadrilateralis, the Menomonee whitefish or shad-waiter of New England, some of the Great Lakes, and parts of British America.

1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Pilot Pilot-fish... (2) An amber-fish (Seriola zonata).

2. In extended use: a person who or thing which accompanies another; an attendant; a follower or hanger-on.

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1842 United Service Mag. ii. 5 The solivagant habit..is principally confined to intercourse with his peers, for he is usually attended by two or three..pilot-fish.

1852 Times 19 Aug. 8/6 The Victoria and Albert returned to her accustomed waters as she left them preceded by her little pilot-fish the Vivid.

1916 I. S. Cobb Local Color ii. 84 This night court was created to circumvent the unholy partnership of the bail-bond shark and the police pilot fish.

2003 Express (Nexis) 17 Oct. 12 The shoal of pilot fish which surrounds him schemed feverishly against William Hague.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	pilot fish
释义	pilot fishn. Brit. /ˈpʌɪlət fɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈpaɪlət ˌfɪʃ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, pilot fishes. Forms: 1500s pilat fish, 1600s pilate fish, 1600s pilats fish, 1600s– pilot fish. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pilot n., fish n.¹ Etymology: < pilot n. + fish n.¹, so called on account of the behaviour of the fish (see below). 1. a. A small carangid fish of warm seas, Naucrates ductor, with vertical dark bands along each side, often seen swimming close to large fish such as sharks and sometimes turtles and boats. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Carangidae (scads) > member of genus Naucrates (pilot-fish) pilot fish1592 rudderfish1792 pilota1829 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Carangidae (scads) > member of genus Seriola (amber-fish) pilot fish1592 yellowtaila1622 amber-fish1624 rudderfish1792 kingfish1827 amberjack1873 medregal1884 albacore1890 1592 T. Lodge Euphues Shadow sig. G3^v Ripheus without snowe, driue the Pilat fish from the Sharke. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 5 Sharkes..are alwayes directed by a little specled fish, called a pilot fish, by guiding their Monster-masters to a prey. a1667 P. Mundy Trav. (1914) II. 16 The Sharke..appearing most commonly in Calmes, accompanied with small Pilate Fishes. 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 27 Pilot-Fishes, which the Shark, tho' never so hungry, does not devour. 1739 G. Whitefield Jrnl. Voy. London to Savannah (ed. 4) ii. 43 It was a Shark about the Length of a Man, which followed our Ship, attended with five little Fishes called the Pilot Fish, much like a Mackarel, but larger. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. iii. 47 When you meet the pilot-fish, the shark arn't far off, you know. 1835 Encycl. Brit. XII. 185/1 Naucrates ductor, the famous pilot-fish of navigators.., so named from its habit of keeping company with ships at sea, and frequently swimming beneath their bows. 1880 Harper's Mag. Sept. 503/2 The tiny pilot-fish, perhaps a kind of fugleman for the mackerel, but more likely his prey, like the rest, came first. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xvii. 438 The little pilot-fish, Naucrates ductor, of the Open Sea, a relative of the horse-mackerel, has become a companion of sharks, perhaps gaining crumbs from the meals and perhaps some protection from the alliance. 1974 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 27 Oct. 3/4 Two black and white pilot fish keeping station. 2002 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) July 142/1 Pilot fish are the first to explore strange, dark places which larger fish are apprehensive about investigating. †b. U.S. Any of various other fishes which accompany sharks, boats, etc., as (a) the round whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum; (b) a remora (family Echeneidae); (c) an amberjack (genus Seriola). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. 298 C[oregonus] quadrilateralis,..Pilot-fish;..Shad Waiter, Round-fish. 1890 Cent. Dict. Pilot-fish... 3. A remora or sucking-fish of the family Echeneididæ, as Echeneis naucrates... 4. A coregonid, Coregonus quadrilateralis, the Menomonee whitefish or shad-waiter of New England, some of the Great Lakes, and parts of British America. 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Pilot Pilot-fish... (2) An amber-fish (Seriola zonata). 2. In extended use: a person who or thing which accompanies another; an attendant; a follower or hanger-on. ΚΠ 1842 United Service Mag. ii. 5 The solivagant habit..is principally confined to intercourse with his peers, for he is usually attended by two or three..pilot-fish. 1852 Times 19 Aug. 8/6 The Victoria and Albert returned to her accustomed waters as she left them preceded by her little pilot-fish the Vivid. 1916 I. S. Cobb Local Color ii. 84 This night court was created to circumvent the unholy partnership of the bail-bond shark and the police pilot fish. 2003 Express (Nexis) 17 Oct. 12 The shoal of pilot fish which surrounds him schemed feverishly against William Hague. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1592
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