sail-fishn.

Brit.

/ˈseɪlfɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈseɪlˌfɪʃ/

Forms: see sail n.¹ and fish n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sail n.¹, fish n.¹

Etymology: < sail n.¹ + fish n.¹Compare Dutch zeylvisch (1726 or earlier; 1694 or earlier as seylvisch), German Segelfisch (1688 or earlier).

A name applied to various fishes having a large dorsal fin: in the British Isles to the Basking shark, Selachus maximus; in the U.S. to species of Histiophorus, Xiphias, and Carpiodes.

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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of family Cetorhinidae (basking shark)

fish-mariner1605

sail-fish1605

pricker1701

sunfish1734

basking-shark1769

bone shark1802

hoe-mother1805

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Istiophoridae (sailfish)

sail-fish1605

sailor1860

sailor-fish1885

marlin1917

the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Catostomidae (suckers) > member of genus Carpiodes

sail-fish1605

skimback1882

1605 J. Sylvester in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 158 (margin) The Sayle-Fish.

1808 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. V. 356 The sail-fish, or, as it is called by the Scottish fishermen, the basking shark, frequently appears here [i.e. in the Northern Sea] in May or June.

1860 G. Bennett Gatherings of Naturalist in Austral. ii. 24 Histiophorus, called..by the Dutch Zeyl-fish, or ‘Sail-fish’, because it is said that it raises the dorsal fin like a fan and employs it as a sail.]

1879 G. B. Goode Catal. Coll. Animal Resources & Fisheries U.S.: Internat. Exhib. 1876 (Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 14) 39 Histiophorus americanus... Sail-fish.

1882 J. E. Tenison-Woods Fish & Fisheries New S. Wales 190 Sail-fish. Carpiodes. N. America.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sail-fish
释义	sail-fishn. Brit. /ˈseɪlfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈseɪlˌfɪʃ/ Forms: see sail n.¹ and fish n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sail n.¹, fish n.¹ Etymology: < sail n.¹ + fish n.¹Compare Dutch zeylvisch (1726 or earlier; 1694 or earlier as seylvisch), German Segelfisch (1688 or earlier). A name applied to various fishes having a large dorsal fin: in the British Isles to the Basking shark, Selachus maximus; in the U.S. to species of Histiophorus, Xiphias, and Carpiodes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of family Cetorhinidae (basking shark) fish-mariner1605 sail-fish1605 pricker1701 sunfish1734 basking-shark1769 bone shark1802 hoe-mother1805 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Istiophoridae (sailfish) sail-fish1605 sailor1860 sailor-fish1885 marlin1917 the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Catostomidae (suckers) > member of genus Carpiodes sail-fish1605 skimback1882 1605 J. Sylvester in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 158 (margin) The Sayle-Fish. 1808 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. V. 356 The sail-fish, or, as it is called by the Scottish fishermen, the basking shark, frequently appears here [i.e. in the Northern Sea] in May or June. 1860 G. Bennett Gatherings of Naturalist in Austral. ii. 24 Histiophorus, called..by the Dutch Zeyl-fish, or ‘Sail-fish’, because it is said that it raises the dorsal fin like a fan and employs it as a sail.] 1879 G. B. Goode Catal. Coll. Animal Resources & Fisheries U.S.: Internat. Exhib. 1876 (Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 14) 39 Histiophorus americanus... Sail-fish. 1882 J. E. Tenison-Woods Fish & Fisheries New S. Wales 190 Sail-fish. Carpiodes. N. America. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1605
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