英语词汇“mutton-fish”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

mutton-fish

/ˈmʌtnfɪʃ/

noun

1Chiefly US. Any of various marine fishes of the Caribbean and western Atlantic whose flesh when cooked is supposed to taste of mutton; especially (a) the mutton snapper, Lutjanus analis; (b) the ocean pout, Macrozoarces americanus; (c) the Irish pompano, Diapterus auratus.

2 Australian. Any of various edible gastropod molluscs of the genus Haliotis; an abalone; especially the large H. ruber, common in southern and eastern Australia.

Origin

Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From mutton + fish.

单词	mutton-fish
释义	mutton-fish /ˈmʌtnfɪʃ/ noun 1Chiefly US. Any of various marine fishes of the Caribbean and western Atlantic whose flesh when cooked is supposed to taste of mutton; especially (a) the mutton snapper, Lutjanus analis; (b) the ocean pout, Macrozoarces americanus; (c) the Irish pompano, Diapterus auratus. 2 Australian. Any of various edible gastropod molluscs of the genus Haliotis; an abalone; especially the large H. ruber, common in southern and eastern Australia. Origin Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From mutton + fish.
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