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单词 bony pike
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bony pike
bony pike n. any of several living or extinct North American freshwater garfishes of the family Lepisosteidae, which have ganoid scales and a body shape similar to that of a pike; esp. the longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > [noun] > infraclass Neopterygii > division Holostei or Halecostomi > member of family Lepisosteidae
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1795 W. Winterbotham Hist. View Amer. U.S. IV. 411/2 Bony pike.
1835 Philos. Mag. 7 52 There are no fossilized remains of the ‘Silurus’, or bony Pike, in these deposits.
1871 Trans. Royal Irish Acad.: Sci. 24 175 In the broad-nosed bony pike (Lepidosteus spatula) the ivory-like scales are rough and notched.
1957 Illustr. London News 23 Nov. 885 (caption) There are examples of armoured animals which have survived long in time such as crocodiles, tortoises, sturgeons and bony pikes.
2005 S. G. Miller Silence invites Dead 265 In the distance, above a solitary log a large fish glided, its tell-tale flat snout marking it as a bony pike on the hunt.
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