| 单词 | pole flounder |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspole flounder The witch, Glyptocephalus cynoglossus, an edible North Atlantic flatfish. Also pole dab, pole flounder. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [noun] > family Pleuronectidae > member of genus Glyptocephalus (witch) dog's tongue1611 pole1668 witch1874 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. v. §3. 141 Plain or flat fish..having the mouth on the left side of the eyes, having bigger scales. Pole. 1838 Mem. Wernerian Soc. 7 370 The Pole Dab is distinguished from the plaise in having no tubercles on the head. 1864 J. Couch Hist. Fishes Brit. Islands III. 190 The Pole is a fish of the Arctic Sea. 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 260 In Greenland they are said to feed upon the pole-flounder. 1896 J. T. Cunningham Nat. Hist. Marketable Marine Fishes Brit. Isles 233 The witch..has been called the pole dab, pole flounder, and long flounder by English naturalists. 1925 J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles 184 The Witch, or Pole Dab, may be recognised by the fact that the eyes are on the right side of the head. 1969 A. Wheeler Fishes Brit. Isles & N.-W. Europe 542 (heading) Witch (Pole Dab). < as lemmas |
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