| 单词 | water bat |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater bat water bat n. [ < water n. + bat n.1; in quot. 1681 (sense (a)) apparently after post-classical Latin vespertilio aquaticus (1647 in the source referred to)] †(a) a fish of the family Ogcocephalidae, having a flattened body and pectoral fins which are used for walking on the sea floor; = batfish n. 3 (obsolete); (b) Daubenton's bat, Myotis daubentonii, which hunts low over water. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Lophiiformes (anglers) > [noun] > member of family Ogcocephalidae (sea-bat) water bat1681 sea-bat1756 nose-fish1828 sea-unicorna1832 batfish1861 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. §iv. i. 54 Barlæus mentions a Water-Bat, which the Natives of Brasile call Guacucua. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 285 The Hippocampus, with an head somewhat like that of an horse, and the Water Bat, whose head can scarcely be distinguished from the body. 1893 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. I. x. 285 Daubenton's bat..is found in England, Scotland, and Ireland... It is sometimes termed the water-bat. 1998 Guardian 10 July i. 20/3 Daubentons are also known as water bats due to their feeding technique; they resemble tiny hovercraft foraging for insects. < as lemmas |
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