| 单词 | river chub |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriver chub river chub n. any of several North American chubs of the genus Nocomis; now spec. N. micropogon of the eastern United States. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > member of genus Nocomis river chub1736 hornyhead chub1882 1736 S. Humphreys tr. N. A. Pluche Spectacle de la Nature III. xxii. 180 Nor would he have forgot the Mullet, which is very like the River-Chub. 1807 New Encycl. IV. 26/1 Blike, in ichthyology, a name given by some to an anadromous fish, resembling our river chub. 1884 D. S. Jordan Fisheries U.S. in Senate Misc. VI. i. 617 The ‘Horny-head’, ‘River Chub’, or ‘Jerker’ is one of the most widely diffused of fresh-water fishes. 1999 Conservation Biol. 13 1458/2 Species that..increased in numbers included..a group of three water column-dwelling minnows (warpaint shiner, river chub, creek chub). < as lemmas |
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