| 单词 | spotted gunnel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspotted gunnel A small, eel-shaped marine fish, Centronotus (or Murænoides) gunnellus, common in British waters; the butter-fish. Also spotted gunnel. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Blennioidei > pholis gunnellus (gunnel) stone-fish1668 butterfish1673 gunnel1686 nine-eyes1711 swordick1805 1686 F. Willughby & J. Ray De Hist. Piscium 115 Gunnellus Cornubiensium, nonnullis Butterfish. 1740 R. Brookes Art of Angling ii. xviii. 123 The Butter-Fish or Gunnel..some~times attains the length of six Inches..is taken frequently on the Cornish Coast. 1828 J. Fleming Hist. Brit. Animals 207 Gunnellus vulgaris, Common Gunnel..G. viviparus, Viviparous Gunnel. 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 239 The Spotted Gunnel, or Butterfish..is sufficiently distinguished from the true Blennies by its dorsal fin..and by its elongated, slender, and compressed body. 1863 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) III. 291 The Butter-fish, Swordick, or Spotted Gunnel (Centronotus gunellus), belongs to this family [sc. of the Blennies]. < as lemmas |
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