| 单词 | sergeant-fish |
| 释义 | > as lemmassergeant-fish sergeant-fish n. a name applied to various fishes having marks like the stripes on the sleeve of a sergeant's uniform, esp. Rachycentron canadum, the cobia, a large game fish found in tropical and subtropical seas. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Rachycentridae sergeant-fish1873 1873 Forest & Stream I. 258/1 Sergeant Fish..derives its trivial name from a black stripe running along its silvery sides..like that on the trowsers of a sergeant. 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 444 The name ‘Sergeant-fish’ refers to its peculiar coloration, several stripes of brown and gray being visible on the sides of the body. 1947 K. H. Barnard Pictorial Guide S. Afr. Fishes 112 Sergeant~fish... A somewhat rare fish, of elongate shape,..occasionally caught at Port Elizabeth and Natal. 1958 Washington Post 24 Sept. 1/2 An unusually fine run of cobia (the sergeant fish)..has caused big game fishermen to toss caution to the gods of Izaak Walton. < as lemmas |
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