单词 | bottle fish |
释义 | > as lemmasbottle fish bottle fish n. a fish thought to resemble a leather bottle; spec. (a) a boxfish (family Ostraciidae); (b) a gulper eel, esp. Saccopharynx ampullaceus, which can stretch to accommodate very large prey. ΚΠ 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. v. 486 The Bottle-fish. 1836 J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana III. 271 Saccopharynx ampullaceus. The Bottle-fish. 1889 Decorator & Furnisher 13 170/2 Star-fish, hermit crabs, and bottle fish, were hung within the net. 1965 B. W. Halstead Poisonous & Venomous Marine Animals of World I. i. 62 Smooth bottle fish (Ostracion glabellum). 2000 P. Theroux Fresh Air Fiend 130 Julius sold bottle fish and large bream. < as lemmas |
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