| 单词 | smooth-head |
| 释义 | > as lemmassmooth-head smooth-head n. Mining (see quot.). ΚΠ 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 228 Smooth-heads. See Bright-heads [backs or slines]. smooth-head smooth-head n. a deep-sea fish belonging to the family Alepocephalidæ, resembling a herring with a larger body and dark-coloured skin. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > [noun] > member of family Alocephalidae (smooth-head) smooth-head1931 1931 J. R. Norman Hist. Fishes viii. 150 A species of Smooth-head (Leptoderma) captured in the Bay of Bengal has been described as having the skin covered all over with a thick, opalescent, and uniformly luminous epidermis. 1969 A. Wheeler Fishes Brit. Isles & N.-W. Europe 123 Smooth-heads..are deep-water relatives of the herring family. 1975 Times 5 Dec. 12/3 Smooth-head is abundant, but..its flesh has the consistency of custard. < as lemmas |
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