单词 | riverwhale |
释义 | > as lemmasriver-whale ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Siluriformes (catfish) > [noun] > family Siluridae > genus Silurus (sheat-fish) whale of the river1585 sheat-fish1589 river-whale1601 Silurus1601 sheath-fish1602 nimble-taila1661 shoat-fish1705 wels1880 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. <pt>ix.<pt> xv. 242 In some..riuers..there be fish found full as bigge: and namely, the riuer-Whale called Silurus, in Nilus [Fr. comme sont les Silures au Nil]. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. §v. ii. 103 The Head of the River-Whale. river-whale ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Siluriformes (catfish) > [noun] > family Siluridae > genus Silurus (sheat-fish) whale of the river1585 sheat-fish1589 river-whale1601 Silurus1601 sheath-fish1602 nimble-taila1661 shoat-fish1705 wels1880 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 69/2 Silurus,..a fish much like a Sturgeon: a sheathfishe; a whale of the riuer. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Silure, the rauening sheat fish, or Whall of the riuer. < as lemmas |
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