bony fishn.

Brit.

/ˌbəʊnɪ ˈfɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˌboʊni ˈfɪʃ/,

/ˈboʊni ˌfɪʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bony adj., fish n.¹

Etymology: < bony adj. + fish n.¹

1. Originally: a fish with bones rather than a cartilaginous skeleton. In later use: spec. a member of the vertebrate class Osteichthyes, to which the majority of living fishes belong and comprising fishes having a predominantly bony skeleton. See Osteichthyes n.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > [noun] > member of

bony fish1673

teleostome1866

osteichthyan1967

1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 99 (heading) Spinous or Bony Fishes.

1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 127 The flesh of this sort of Fish being lax and spungy, and nothing so firm, solid and weighty as that of the bony Fishes.

1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. III. i. 1 There are some spinous or bony fish which are viviparous.

1793 Nat. Hist. Birds, Fish, Insects & Reptiles IV. 27 The size of all bony fish is supposed to increase with age, though certainly within a limited degree.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Thoracics,..an order of bony fishes,..the ventral fins are placed underneath the thorax, or beneath the pectoral fins.

1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 307 Ganoid scales..occur also in some of the Bony Fishes.

1931 E. G. Boulenger Fishes i. 12 As the Sharks and their allies do not possess the ear-bones of the bony fishes, it is not possible to more than guess their ages.

1988 Times 23 Feb. 11/2 Land vertebrates evolved from bony fish in the Devonian period (between 395 and 345 million years ago).

2014 A. Roberts Incredible Unlikeliness of Being 205 Most bony fish, from gobies to sturgeon, possess a swim bladder.

2. U.S. The Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > order Clupeiformes > [noun] > family Clupeidae and herrings > brevoortia tyrannus (menhaden)

old wife1585

yellowtaila1622

whiting1735

shadine1782

hardhead1792

menhaden1792

mossbunker1792

bony fish1815

pauhagen1833

pogy1840

green-tailed shad1884

schoolie1891

1815 Trans. N.Y. Lit. & Philos. Soc. 1 453 Bony-fish, Hard-heads, or Marsbankers.

1869 L. F. Allen New Amer. Farm Bk. (rev. ed.) iii. 80 The moss-bonker, or bony-fish, and alewives..are caught in seines, and sold to the farmers by the wagon load.

1903 Sunset Mag. May 79 A basket containing..a dozen menhaden or bonyfish, that have been kept near, but not directly on the ice.

1941 Bakersfield Californian 20 Nov. 12/2 Pogy, menhaden, bony-fish, white fish, mossbunker, alewife, bugfish and fat-back are all names used in various localities from Maine to Florida for the same fish!

1986 P. Matthiessen Men's Lives ix. 107 Early steamers fishing for the bony fish, menhaden.

2009 W. G. Camp & B. H. Camp Managing Nat. Resources (ed. 5) xxvi. 336 Menhaden, also known as bony fish or fatbacks, live in the Atlantic Ocean and feed on plankton.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bony fish
释义	bony fishn. Brit. /ˌbəʊnɪ ˈfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˌboʊni ˈfɪʃ/, /ˈboʊni ˌfɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bony adj., fish n.¹ Etymology: < bony adj. + fish n.¹ 1. Originally: a fish with bones rather than a cartilaginous skeleton. In later use: spec. a member of the vertebrate class Osteichthyes, to which the majority of living fishes belong and comprising fishes having a predominantly bony skeleton. See Osteichthyes n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > [noun] > member of bony fish1673 teleostome1866 osteichthyan1967 1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 99 (heading) Spinous or Bony Fishes. 1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 127 The flesh of this sort of Fish being lax and spungy, and nothing so firm, solid and weighty as that of the bony Fishes. 1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. III. i. 1 There are some spinous or bony fish which are viviparous. 1793 Nat. Hist. Birds, Fish, Insects & Reptiles IV. 27 The size of all bony fish is supposed to increase with age, though certainly within a limited degree. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Thoracics,..an order of bony fishes,..the ventral fins are placed underneath the thorax, or beneath the pectoral fins. 1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 307 Ganoid scales..occur also in some of the Bony Fishes. 1931 E. G. Boulenger Fishes i. 12 As the Sharks and their allies do not possess the ear-bones of the bony fishes, it is not possible to more than guess their ages. 1988 Times 23 Feb. 11/2 Land vertebrates evolved from bony fish in the Devonian period (between 395 and 345 million years ago). 2014 A. Roberts Incredible Unlikeliness of Being 205 Most bony fish, from gobies to sturgeon, possess a swim bladder. 2. U.S. The Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > order Clupeiformes > [noun] > family Clupeidae and herrings > brevoortia tyrannus (menhaden) old wife1585 yellowtaila1622 whiting1735 shadine1782 hardhead1792 menhaden1792 mossbunker1792 bony fish1815 pauhagen1833 pogy1840 green-tailed shad1884 schoolie1891 1815 Trans. N.Y. Lit. & Philos. Soc. 1 453 Bony-fish, Hard-heads, or Marsbankers. 1869 L. F. Allen New Amer. Farm Bk. (rev. ed.) iii. 80 The moss-bonker, or bony-fish, and alewives..are caught in seines, and sold to the farmers by the wagon load. 1903 Sunset Mag. May 79 A basket containing..a dozen menhaden or bonyfish, that have been kept near, but not directly on the ice. 1941 Bakersfield Californian 20 Nov. 12/2 Pogy, menhaden, bony-fish, white fish, mossbunker, alewife, bugfish and fat-back are all names used in various localities from Maine to Florida for the same fish! 1986 P. Matthiessen Men's Lives ix. 107 Early steamers fishing for the bony fish, menhaden. 2009 W. G. Camp & B. H. Camp Managing Nat. Resources (ed. 5) xxvi. 336 Menhaden, also known as bony fish or fatbacks, live in the Atlantic Ocean and feed on plankton. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1673
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