单词 | sac-à-lait |
释义 | sac-à-laitn. U.S. A name locally applied to certain fishes of the genera Pomoxys and Fundulus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Centrarchidae (sun-fish) > [noun] > member of genus Pomoxys lamplighter1877 sac-à-lait1884 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Atheriniformes > [noun] > member of family Cyprinodontidae > member of genus Fundulus mummichog1787 swampine1835 killifish1836 May fish1836 studfish1874 sac-à-lait1884 starhead1920 1877 C. Hallock Sportsman's Gazetteer 378 Goggle-eyed Perch;..sac-a-lac (New Orleans Creoles).] 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 407 The Crappie—Pomoxys annularis..is commonly called..‘Sac-à-lait’..in the Lower Mississippi. 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 466 Fundulus grandis, is known at Pensacola by the name of ‘Sac-à-lait’. 1903 T. H. Bean Fishes N.Y. 463 Still other names of local application [for the calico bass] are barfish, bitter head, tinmouth, sac-a-lait, lamplighter, [etc.]. 1931 W. A. Read Louisiana-French 67 In Louisiana the final t of sacalait is silent. 1937 Zeitschr. f. Französische Sprache & Literatur LXI. 82 Sacalait, the Louisiana name for the crappie.., commonly thought to have been suggested by the beautiful white flesh or the silvery appearance of this fish. The actual source of the name is Choctaw sakli, ‘trout’, French sac à lait being merely a typical example of folk etymology. 1949 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 16 Oct. 20/3 If you run out of bait while the bream, sacalait, and other fish are practically jumping into the boat, then the lily is your friend. 1973 Trailer Travel Jan. 73/2 You can catch large-mouth bass, channel cats, breams, and sac-a-lait or crappie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1884 |
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