单词 | blobfish |
释义 | blobfishn. Any of several bottom-dwelling deep-sea fishes of the family Psychrolutidae (fathead sculpins), which have large heads; spec. Psychrolutes marcidus of Australian and New Zealand waters, having gelatinous flesh and (once brought to the surface) a distinctive sagging face. ΚΠ 1974 Kingsport (Tennessee) Times 10 Dec. a8/1 (headline) Blob fish will keep name. 1991 Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 100 20/1 The lowest value..was recorded for Psychrolutes obesus whose common name, blobfish, clearly indicates its slow-moving,..bottom-living habits. 2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 10 Aug. d4/2 The blobfish..is practically all face—a pale, gelatinous deep-sea creature whose large-lipped, sad-sack expression seems to be melting toward the floor. 2013 Daily Mirror 11 May 31 The blobfish has a right to look sad—deep-sea trawling off the coast of Australia and New Zealand is destroying its home. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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