单词 | rainbow wrasse |
释义 | > as lemmasrainbow wrasse rainbow wrasse n. any of several brightly coloured wrasses; esp. Coris julis of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, the male of which has an orange-red zigzag line along the side; cf. rainbowfish n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Labrioidei (wrasse) > [noun] > family Labridae > member of genus Coris (rainbow-fish) rainbow wrasse1836 Maori1882 rainbowfish1955 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 291 (heading) The rainbow wrasse. 1864 J. Couch Hist. Fishes Brit. Islands III. 51 The usual size of the Rainbow Wrass is in length from four to six or seven inches. 1972 Oxf. Bk. Vertebrates 62/1 Coris julis (Rainbow Wrasse), common in the Mediterranean and adjacent Atlantic, appears only rarely in British waters. 1993 R. van der Elst Guide Common Sea Fishes S. Afr. 232 Thalassoma purpureum. Common names..rainbow or surge wrasse... Many rainbow wrasse are caught by shore anglers. rainbow wrasse comber wrasse, cook wrasse, cuckoo wrasse, rainbow wrasse, red wrasse, small-mouthed wrasse, striped wrasse: see these words.extracted from wrassen.< as lemmas |
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