| 单词 | quillback |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquillback quillback n. (a) any of various deep-bodied North American freshwater suckerfish of the genus Carpiodes (family Catostomidae), esp. Carpiodes cyprinus which has the first ray of the dorsal fin greatly elongated; (b) (in full quillback rockfish) an orange and dark brown to black scorpaenid fish, Sebastes maliger, of the Pacific coast of North America, having the rays of the dorsal fin elongated. ΚΠ 1876 D. S. Jordan Man. Vertebr. Northern U.S. 297 C[arpiodes] velifer... Spear fish. Sail fish. Quillback. 1921 Sci. Monthly July 89 Species peculiar to rivers—spoonbill, redhorses, quillbacks, sand sturgeon, etc. 1947 Copeia No. 3. 196 (title) Records of the mooneye (Hiodon tergisus) and the quill-back sucker (Carpiodes cyprinus) from Saskatchewan. 1960 List Common & Sci. Names Fishes U.S. & Canada (Amer. Fisheries Soc. Special Publ. No. 2) (ed. 2) 37 Quillback rockfish... Sebastodes maliger (Jordan and Gilbert). 1971 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 21 Mar. 2/3 I have taken in recent years, six species of rockfish: copper, quillback [etc.]. 1992 Jrnl. Freshwater Ecol. 7 219 Quillback, gizzard shad, shorthead redhorse, and channel catfish were more abundant in the upstream portion during early summer. < as lemmas |
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