单词 | sea-cat |
释义 | sea-catn.1 1. A name for various fishes: (a) the wolf-fish, Anarrhichas lupus; (b) the great weever, Trachinus draco; (c) a shark, Scyllium catulus; (d) Chimæra monstrosa; (e) any sea-catfish, as Ælurichthys marinus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Holocephali > [noun] > member of family Chimaeridae > chimaera monstrosa (rabbit-fish) sea-cat1601 chimera1804 rabbitfish1828 sea-ape1862 the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Siluriformes (catfish) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous member of sea-cat1601 gaff-topsail1794 mudpout1804 mudcat1819 blue cat1826 channel cat-fish1838 channel cat1847 sea-catfish1882 goujon1883 scorpion fish1883 bashaw1888 ground spearing1896 the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > family Scyliorhinidae > member of genus Scyllium sea-cat1601 swell-shark1891 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Blennioidei > anarrhicas lupus (wolf-fish) sea-wolf1390 wolf's-foot1443 wolf-fish1569 swine-fish1598 sea-cat1601 catfish1620 stone-biter1731 rock salmon1831 swine1844 Murray catfish1873 rock eel1969 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxii. ix. 445 The fish named the Sea-cat or Weazill. 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. iii. 51 Lupus Marinus Shonfeldii & Nostras; our Fishers call it, the Sea-Cat, or Cat-fish. ?1780 'Merry Andrew at Tam-Tallan' Antient & New Hist. Buck-Haven (new ed.) i. 5 Spout-fish, sea-cats, sea-dogs. 1860 F. C. L. Wraxall Life in Sea v. 108 The Spotted Shark, or Sea Cat (Scyllium catulus, Cuvier). 1884 D. S. Jordan in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 628 The Gaff-topsail Catfish..is known [in various places] as the ‘Sea Cat’. 1885 Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) III. 72 Chimæra monstrosa,..sea-cat, sea-rat, etc. of fishermen. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Decapoda > family Teuthidae > member of (squid) calamary1567 sea-cat1601 sleeve1611 sleeve-fish1611 squid1613 calaminary1620 sea-clerk1623 sotong1833 pen-fish1835 sea-arrow1851 devil fish1866 sea-sleeve1867 oegopsid1890 chokka1902 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Decapoda > family Sepiadae > member of cuttlec1000 seggec1300 polypus?1527 scuttle1530 sepia1569 cuttlefish1591 inkhorn fish1598 ozaena1601 sea-cat1601 sea-cut1601 sound1611 scribe1655 sea-qualm1804 sepiacean1842 sepioid1857 sea-sleeve1867 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxii. ii. 428 The foresaid writer Trebius Niger reporteth, That the sea-cats or Cuttle fishes..wil flie out of the sea [etc.]. b. South African. One of several species of octopus, esp. Octopus vulgaris. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Octopoda > family Octopodidae > genus Octopus > member of sea-cat1785 1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope I. ii. 26 The sepia loligo, and the sepia octopodia,..are known to our sailors by the name of black-fish and sea~cats. 1882 Cape Q. Rev. Oct. 36 Even the sea cat responded to the hook. 1913 W. W. Thompson Sea Fisheries Cape Colony ii. 51 The octopus or sea-cat..appears to find a more congenial habitat on the rocky stretches of sea~board. 1957 S. Schoeman Strike! iii. 38 If seacat is used, a baby octopus put on whole will be most acceptable. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Opisthobranchiata > suborder Tectibranchiata > order Inferobranchiata > member of family Aplysidae sea-hare1593 hare1601 sea-hare-fish1607 pissabed1759 sea-cat1759 1759 Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 586 Some call them..sea-cats. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Ostaridae (eared seal) > genus Callorhinus (fur-seal) sea-cat1764 sea-bear1771 fur seal1776 ursine seal1784 1764 J. Grieve tr. S. P. Krasheninnikov Hist. Kamtschatka 123 The sea cat is about half the size of the sea lion; in form resembling the seal. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World V. ix. 1668 Sea-cats..have long hairs standing out on each side of their mouths like those of a cat. 5. Military. (In form Seacat or Sea Cat.) The name of a short-range, ship-to-air, guided missile (system). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > guided or ballistic missile > [noun] > types of loon1947 seeker1949 Honest John1952 Nike1952 heat-seeker1956 anti-ballistic missile1957 Polaris1957 Pershing1958 SAM1958 cruise missile1959 sea-cat1959 minuteman1961 ABM1963 lance1964 Exocet1970 trident1972 MX missile1973 stinger1975 cruise1976 tomahawk1976 silo buster1977 Euromissile1979 Brilliant Pebbles1988 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > guided or ballistic missile > [noun] > system sea-cat1959 lance1964 ULMS1970 Tercom1975 1959 Times 5 Feb. 7/3 By early next year a considerable number of Britain's warships will be equipped with surface-to-air missiles, and these weapons..will almost certainly include the Short SX-A5 which was named the Seacat by the Admiralty and the Ministry of Supply yesterday. 1969 B. B. Schofield in P. Kemp Hist. Royal Navy xxvii. 294/1 In April 1958 a contract was awarded for the development of a close-range ship-to-air guided weapon to replace the 40-mm Bofors A/A guns in H.M. ships... This was achieved by the production of the Seacat missile. 1977 Navy News June 6 The 2,500 ton warship is armed with an automatic rapid fire 4·5 in. gun, Sea Cat and Exocet missile systems, and she operates a Wasp helicopter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021). > as lemmassea-cat sea-cat n. the Wolf-fish.extracted from catn.1< n.11601 as lemmas |
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