单词 | salmon peal |
释义 | > as lemmassalmon peal More fully salmon peal. A young or small salmon or sea trout (variously applied more specifically). Now: esp. (in south-west England) a sea trout, esp. one returning from its first winter at sea; (in Ireland) a salmon grilse.May, pug peal: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > salmo cambricus (peal) peal1533 the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > salmo salar (salmon) > on return from sea or in first year grilse1417 peal1533 botchera1609 blue cap1677 grey1677 pug peal1861 grayling1879 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 7 The yonge frye,..called lakspynkes smowtis or salmon pele. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1009/1 Plentifull of samon, trout, peale, dace, pike, and other like freshwater fishes. 1623 R. Carpenter Conscionable Christian 89 The line sometimes breaketh too, when a Peale or great fish is to be drawne vp. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 220 The Salmon peales or Sea Trouts, are a more light, wholesome, and well tasted meat. 1724 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. I. iii. 87 We saw about 50 or 60 small Salmon, about 17 to 20 Inches long, which the Country People [in Devon] call Salmon Peal. 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. ii. 265 Salmon Peel are taken by dropping your Line, baited with a Brandling, gradually into the Hole. 1758 R. Griffiths Descr. Thames 171 Salmon Peale..seems to be a Species of the Salmon. 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 16 These small-sized fish [sc. salmon], when under two pounds' weight, are called by some of the London fishmongers Salmon-Peal; when larger, Grilse. 1851 H. Newland Erne 33 (note) Graul, called in the north a grilse and on the Shannon a peel. 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 644 The names ‘Bull-trout’ and ‘Peal’ are not attributable to definite species... The name..of ‘Peal’ is given indiscriminately to Salmon-grilse and to S[almo] cambricus. 1904 Science 16 Sept. 383/1 The growth and migration of salmon (including sea-trout, salmon-trout, peal, sewin, etc.). 1936 J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles (ed. 2) 230 A large number of local names have been given to Sea Trout... In addition to the Sewen and Phinock already mentioned, there are..Black-tails or Peal (Devonshire), which have a dark caudal fin. 1988 Salmon, Trout & Sea-trout June 49/3 Night-fishing for school peal is one of the most enjoyable forms of fishing. salmon peal salmon peal n. ΚΠ 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 7 The yonge frye,..called lakspynkes smowtis or salmon pele. < as lemmas |
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