| 单词 | red indian fish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRed Indian fish Red Indian fish n. the fish Pataecus fronto (family Pataecidae), of Australian coastal waters, which has a high dorsal fin resembling the feather headdress traditionally worn by some North American Indians. ΚΠ 1906 D. G. Stead Fishes Austral. 212 The Red-Indian Fish..lives in weedy, rocky localities, along parts of the coast of New South Wales. 1965 Austral. Encycl. VII. 395/2 Red Indian fish (Pataecus fronto), a fish of the southern Australian rocky shore-lines. Its high dorsal fin forms a crest like the feathers of a Red Indian's head dress. 1985 A. Wheeler World Encycl. Fishes (ed. 2) 279/3 Pataecus fronto Red Indian fish... A most striking-looking fish with an extremely high profile, the body tapering from head to tail. < as lemmas |
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