释义 |
father-lasher \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun Etymology: so called from the fact that the male guards the eggs and that it defends itself by lashing out with its tail and spines : either of two small darkly mottled sculpins (Cottus bubalis and C. scorpius) found chiefly along the coasts of northwestern Europe and the British Isles |