| 单词 | roughback fluke |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroughback fluke Any of several flatfishes with rough skins, esp. the long rough dab (American plaice), Hippoglossoides platessoides (also roughback fluke). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [noun] > family Pleuronectidae > member of genus Hippoglossus (halibut) halibutc1430 turbot1555 roughback1795 sand dab1839 witch1874 1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XVI. 548 Flounders of all kinds, roughback, plaise. 1815 J. Arbuthnot Hist. Acct. Peterhead 15 Dab, vulgarly called Rough Back Fluke, Rochie. 1903 G. Sim Vertebr. Fauna of Dee 244 Long Rough Dab. ‘Rochie’..‘Rough-back Fluke’..is not looked upon with much favour as an article of food. 1935 Fisheries Notice (Min. Agric.) No. 23. 4 Suggested Trade Name. Rough-back... General English Equivalent. Long Rough Dab. 1973 J. Grigson Fish Cookery 281 Roughback (i American plaice) (ii rock sole; flat-fish). < as lemmas |
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