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单词 rotgut minnow
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rotgut minnow
rotgut minnow n. U.S. regional a freshwater fish of the genus Campostoma (family Cyprinidae), esp. the common stoneroller, C. anomalum.So called because the black colour of the internal organs was popularly supposed to result from rapid decomposition.
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1876 D. S. Jordan in Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. N.Y. 11 341 This fish is popularly known as Rotten-gut or Rot-gut Minnow, because its flesh spoils so soon after death.
1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 432 Its flesh spoils very quickly after the fish is taken from the water, hence the name ‘Rot-gut Minnow’, applied to it in Alabama.
1920 B. W. Evermann & H. W. Clark Lake Maxinkuckee 249 The following species were taken in the number of hauls indicated:..rotgut minnow, 1.
1979 P. W. Smith Fishes Illinois 144/1 Members of the genus are sometimes called rot-gut minnows because of the black peritoneum and soft viscera.
2001 S. T. Ross Inland Fishes Mississippi vi. 126/1 Central Stoneroller. Local Names: blue sucker, chokebrick, doughbelly,..rotgut minnow.
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