单词 | sea-adder |
释义 | sea-addern.ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > member of (snake) > aquatic water addereOE rinatrixa1398 water snake1527 water serpent1530 sea-adder1601 hydra1608 sea-serpent1672 water viper1737 sea-snake1827 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vi. xxiii. 132 About these Islands [in the Persian Gulf] they might see sea-adders and serpents so monstrous great, that [etc.]. 2. The Pipe-fish. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [noun] > family Syngnathidae (pipe-fish) > member of (pipe-fish) pipefish1598 sea-adder1686 sea-worm1752 syngnathid1904 1686 F. Willughby & J. Ray De Hist. Piscium 160 Acui Aristotelis congener pisciculus, pueris Cornubiensibus Sea-Adder..dictus. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 202 Syngnathus... The people of Yorkshire call it the Sea-worm; but it is more generally known in England by its Cornish name of the Sea-adder. 1896 J. W. Kirkaldy & E. C. Pollard tr. J. E. V. Boas Text Bk. Zool. 391 The Sea-adder family (Syngnathidæ). 3. The sea-stickleback, Spinachia vulgaris. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [noun] > family Gasterosteidae > spinachia vulgaris (sea-stickleback) heckleback1699 sea-adder1836 sea-stickleback1880 sea-stickle1896 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 87 The Fifteen-spined Stickle~back. Great sea adder, Cornwall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < |
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