| 单词 | spade-fish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspade-fish spade-fish n. a fish resembling a spade in form; now spec. the moon-fish, Chætodipterus faber. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Ephippidae (spade-fishes) > chaetodipterous faber (spade-fish) moonfish1646 spade-fish1704 porgy1725 angelfish1888 sheep's head1888 1704 T. Pocock in J. K. Laughton Mem. Relating to Ld. Torrington (1889) 184 We took up this morning a spade fish... The spade-fish was fry'd. 1805 T. M. Harris State of Ohio 116 There is a curious fish called the Spade-Fish,..with a bony weapon projecting from the nose.. like a narrow shovel. 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 445 The Moon-fish, Chætodipterus faber... In the northern parts of the Gulf of Mexico it is called the ‘Spade-fish’. < as lemmas |
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