| 单词 | rock whiting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock whiting rock whiting n. †(a) any of several fishes of the family Gadidae; esp. the young of the saithe, Pollachius virens (obsolete); (b) any of several fishes of the family Odacidae, esp. Haletta semifasciata of southern Australian waters.In quot. 1845: a whiting of the genus Sillago (family Sillaginidae). ΚΠ 1726 Gentleman Angler 132 (heading) Of Rock-Whiting. This Fish is a Species of the Whiting and Whiting-pollock, but differs from both. 1740 R. Brookes Art of Angling ii. xxxii. 145 The young ones of this Kind [sc. the Coal-Fish] are called Billards, Pollards, and Rock-Whitings. 1845 E. J. Eyre Jrnls. Exped. Discov. Central Austral. I. App. 420 Sillago.—Native name, Murdar. ‘Rock whiting’ of the settlers. 1878 Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales 3 390 Odax semifasciatus..is called ‘rock whiting’ at Sydney, and is fourteen inches long; obtained in May. 1966 T. C. Roughley Fish & Fisheries Austral. (rev. ed.) 91 The rock whiting (Haletta fasciata) belongs to the small and unimportant family Odacidae. 2005 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 272 994/2 Both the parrotfish (scarines) and rock whitings (represented by Odax) are nested deeply within labrid clades. < as lemmas |
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