| 单词 | surf smelt |
| 释义 | > as lemmassurf smelt surf smelt n. a marine smelt, Hypomesus pretiosus (family Osmeridae), of the west coast of North America, which spawns in the surf during the day.Originally confused with H. olidus, a freshwater species. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > [noun] > family Osmeridae(smelts) surf smelt1881 1881 J. G. Swan in Proc. U.S. National Mus. 1880 3 43 The Quillehute Indians, who collect and dry for winter use a very choice variety of smelt (Hypomesus olidus), which I have named the surf-smelt, from its peculiar habit of depositing its spawn among the shingle of the beach. 1931 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 50 154 Mr. Loosanoff found E[nchytraeus] pugetensis in great numbers among the decaying eggs of the Surf Smelt, Hypomesus pretiosus. 2002 P. B. Moyle Inland Fishes Calif. (rev. ed.) 227/2 Delta smelt is indeed a well-defined species and..it is most closely related to surf smelt. < as lemmas |
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