| 单词 |
cusk |
| 释义 |
cusk|kʌsk|
A local name for two different fishes of the cod tribe: a. In Great Britain, the Torsk, Brosmius vulgaris. b. In U.S., the Burbot, Lota maculosa.
1624Capt. Smith Virginia vi. 216 Cuske or small Ling, Sharke, Mackarell. 1867Whittier Tent on Beach xxi, Tough and dried As a lean cusk from Labrador. 1884Stubbs' Merc. Circular 194/2 The total catch of ground fish, including cod, haddock, hake, pollock, and cusk.
Add:2. Special Comb. cusk-eel, any of a number of mostly small deep-sea fishes of the family Ophidiidae, having modified whisker-like fins under the throat.
1905D. S. Jordan Guide Study of Fishes II. 520 The more important family of Ophidiidae, or cusk-eels, is characterized by the extremely anterior position of the ventral fins.., each one appearing as a long forked barbel. 1961E. S. Herald Living Fishes of World 241/1 The slender cusk eels are similar in appearance to some of the common tide-pool eel-like blennies. 1989New Scientist 25 Feb. 53/1 Male rattails and cusk eels of the continental slope use the swimbladder as a drum operated by large drumming muscles. |
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