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单词 bigeye
释义

bigeye

noun

big·​eye ˈbig-ˌī How to pronounce bigeye (audio)
: any of several small widely distributed reddish to silvery bony fishes (genus Priacanthus of the family Priacanthidae) of tropical seas

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Dave Rudie, the president of Catalina Offshore Products in San Diego (the former tuna capital of the world), works with a cannery that sells about a million cans of tuna each year, 10,000 of which contain bigeye sourced from him. New York Times, 19 June 2021 Every Liholiho poke starts as a whole tuna loin, either from yellowtail or bigeye, depending on what’s running at the time. Ali Bouzari, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2018 As the researchers explain in a study published in Marine Biodiversity, sixgill sharks belong to the genus Hexanchus, which was long thought to be comprised of just two species: the bluntnose sixgill and the bigeye sixgill. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 22 Feb. 2018 Schools of albacore, bigeye, skipjack and yellowfin tuna circulate widely in the western Indian Ocean. The Economist, 7 Sep. 2017 In the past, his group has scanned gars, an eel, a bowhead whale fetus, and even a 2.5-meter bigeye sand tiger shark (which didn't completely fit inside the scanner). Ryan Cross, Science | AAAS, 24 Aug. 2017 A crew fishing out of Venice's Cypress Cove Marina Saturday (July 1) caught a bigeye tuna that will rank as the third largest ever brought to scales in Louisiana. Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 7 July 2017 That’s about $11,806 per pound for the 236.5-pound bigeye tuna caught by Trenton firefighter Rich Kosztyu in the White Marlin Open, held last August off Ocean City, Md. Frank Kummer, Philly.com, 7 July 2017 To protect consumers from getting ripped off, scientists at the University of Bologna have developed a genetic test that can tell the difference between the three most popular species of tuna in Italy: skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye. Aaron Rowe, WIRED, 23 Aug. 2007 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above

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