单词 | round herring |
释义 | > as lemmasround herring round herring n. †(a) U.S. the Atlantic saury, Scomberesox saurus (obsolete); (b) any of various slender round-bodied fishes constituting the subfamily Dussumieriinae (family Clupeidae); esp. Etrumeus teres, which is now known to occur in most warmer seas. ΚΠ 1842 J. E. De Kay Zool. N.-Y. iv. 268 The fish described above [sc. the saury]..appeared to be little known to the fishermen, who..called it the Round Herring. 1867 T. F. De Voe Market Assistant 298 Saury, round herring.—A fine specimen of this sea fish was presented to me. 1873 in Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 14 (1878) 32 Etrumeus teres... Round herring. Cape Cod to Havana. 1926 Jrnl. Pan-Pacific Inst. 1 5 Dussumieriidae. The Round Herrings. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xiv. 226/2 The Clupeidae..includes 181 species of herrings, round herrings, shads, alewives, sprats, sardines, pilchards, and menhadens. < as lemmas |
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