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单词 riverwhale
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river-whale
river-whale n. Obsolete a large freshwater catfish, perhaps the wels, Silurus glanis.
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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.
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river-whale
3. whale of the river, river-whale: = sheat-fish n. a large freshwater fish, Silurus glanis. Obsolete.
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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.
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