单词 | tommy rough |
释义 | > as lemmastommy rough tommy rough n. (a) English regional (north-eastern) the ruffe, Gymnocephalus cernuus (rare); (b) Australian (southern) the Australian herring, Arripis georgianus (family Arripidae), a small, edible, rough-scaled fish found in coastal waters of southern Australia (also called roughy).With sense (b) cf. tommy ruff n. With sense (a) cf. tommy ruffe n. ΚΠ 1877 Fishing Gaz. 27 July 11/1 The Keadby canal abounds with ‘Tommy Roughs’. These small fry take down the float with all the force of a 20lb. salmon. 1886 J. F. Conigrave S. Austral. 166 The popular opinion in favour of the ‘snook’ and ‘tommy rough’ is well grounded. 1906 Hist. & Sci. Surv. York & District 334 Ruffe... (Acerina cernua).—Locally known as Tommy Rough, Tommy Parsee, and Pope. 1923 E. R. Waite Fishes S. Austral. 9 By the name of ‘Tommy Rough’ it would be unknown outside Australia. 1970 L. Wedlick What Fish is That? 37 Ruff Arripis georgianus..called Tommy Rough in South Australia, Sea Herring in Western Australia, and Roughy in Victoria. 2009 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 10 May 85 Tommy roughs are making a strong comeback in Gulf waters. < as lemmas |
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