单词 | buffalofish |
释义 | buffalofish in British English (ˈbʌfələʊˌfɪʃ) noun any of several freshwater North American hump-backed cyprinoid fishes of the genus Ictiobus: family Catostomidae (suckers) buffalofish in American English (ˈbʌfəˌlouˌfɪʃ) nounWord forms: plural esp collectively -fish or esp referring to two or more kinds or species -fishes any of several large, carplike, North American, freshwater fishes of the genus Ictiobus, of the sucker family Word origin [1760–70, Amer.; buffalo + fish]This word is first recorded in the period 1760–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boutique, icing, lockup, provincialism, right of way |
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