| 单词 | west-country parson |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswest-country parson west-country parson n. English regional (Sussex) (now rare) the hake, Merluccius merluccius. [The reason for the name is uncertain.] ΚΠ 1853 W. D. Cooper Gloss. Provincialisms Sussex (ed. 2) 85 West-country Parson, the Hake; so called from the black streak on the back, and from its abundance along the West Coast. 1892 C. T. Paske Sea & Rod ix. 102 What there is in the general colouring and aspect of this fish to give it a reverend appearance I cannot say, and am therefore equally at a loss to account for the title ‘West-Country Parson’, by which it is known in the Sussex markets. < as lemmas |
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