small-mouthedadj.
/ˈsmɔːlmaʊðd/, /ˈsmɔːlmaʊθt/, U.S. /ˈsmɔlˌmaʊðd/, /ˈsmɑlˌmaʊðd/ Having a small mouth. Frequently in the names of fishes. Cf. smallmouth adj.
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the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [adjective] > small-mouthed
small-mouthed?1523
smallmouth1880
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > small-mouthed
small-mouthed?1523
smallmouth2002
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxiv The nyne properties of an asse. The firste is to be small mouthed.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Derbro, a kind of small-mouthed..Sea-fish.
1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. iii. 173 The little, elegant, red, narrow-ribbed, small-mouthed Balanus.
1803 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. IV. ii. 445 Small-mouthed Sparus, Sparus Microstomus.
1839 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes Suppl. i. 36 The Small-mouthed Wrasse, Crenilabrus exoletus.
1909 Baylor University Bull. Jan. 19 These eggs resembled those of the small-mouthed salamander (Ambystoma microstomum) but I was satisfied that they were not those of that species.
1939 Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 180/2 The upper half of an acetic acid bottle..makes a good funnel for filling small-mouthed bottles.
1976 J. Drummond Funeral Urn xxi. 109 They..looked alike, oval-faced, straight-nosed, small-mouthed.
2006 N.Y. Times Mag. 12 Feb. 45/1 Every parent seems to understand his or her small-mouthed, small-handed child won't get very far with a craggy Red Delicious.
Compounds
small-mouthed bass n. = smallmouth bass n. at smallmouth adj. and n. Compounds.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Centrarchidae (sun-fish) > [noun] > member of genus Micropterus (black bass)
trout1604
black perch1685
Welshman1709
Oswego bass1758
river bass1820
Oswego1857
ringeye1877
slough bass1877
small-mouthed bass1877
smallmouth1880
smallmouth bass1880
smallmouth black bass1880
small-mouthed black bass1881
trout-perch1883
bronze-backer1888
smallie1952
1877 C. Hallock Sportsman's Gazetteer i. 274 Prof. Gill..has..come to the conclusion that there are really but two distinguishable forms [of Black Bass]; the one the Micropterus salmoides, or the small mouthed bass, and the other, the M. nigricans, or the large mouthed variety.
1935 P. S. Welch Limnol. xiv. 325 The small-mouthed black bass were under size and under weight for their ages.
1950 W. O. Douglas Of Men & Mountains xiv. 175 For several hours I had been unable to interest any small-mouthed bass in the crayfish.
2003 L. Grey in T. Mort Zane Grey on Fishing p. viii The thrills of vainly trying to capture a six-pound small-mouthed bass in Lackawaxan Creek.
small-mouthed black bass n. = smallmouth bass n. at smallmouth adj. and n. Compounds.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Centrarchidae (sun-fish) > [noun] > member of genus Micropterus (black bass)
trout1604
black perch1685
Welshman1709
Oswego bass1758
river bass1820
Oswego1857
ringeye1877
slough bass1877
small-mouthed bass1877
smallmouth1880
smallmouth bass1880
smallmouth black bass1880
small-mouthed black bass1881
trout-perch1883
bronze-backer1888
smallie1952
1881 J. A. Henshall Bk. Black Bass i. 13 In 1842, Dr. DeKay, in his ‘Fishes of New York’..described specimens of the small-mouthed Black Bass under two additional names.
1927 Ecology 8 330 Micropterus dolomieu, small-mouthed black-bass, was introduced into the ‘Bowl’, a small pond on Champlain (Newport) Mountain, in 1891.
1999 Africa News (Nexis) 4 May The small-mouthed black bass is widely attributed as being solely responsible for the near extinction of the Treur River barb.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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