“fingerling”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

fingerling

释义

fingerling|ˈfɪŋgəlɪŋ|
Also 8 fingerin.
[f. finger n. + -ling. Cf. Ger. fingerling glove-finger, thimble (MHG. fingerlinc ring).]
†1. One of the fingers of a glove; a finger-stall.
c1440Promp. Parv. 161/2 Fyngyrlynge of a glove, digitabulum.1530Palsgr. 220/1 Fingerlyng of lether, delot.1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Vn doigtier, a thimble, a fingerling.
2. A very diminutive being; used to translate Ger. Däumerling (Goethe Faust).
1835Anster Faustus ii. ii. (1887) 128 Pigmies, emmets, fingerlings, And other active little things.1867Contemp. Rev. VI. 50 Thumblings and Fingerlings whom the Pygmies have enslaved.
3. A name for the parr (Salmo salmulus). Cf. brandling 2.
a1705Ray Synop. Method. Piscium (1713) 63 Salmulus, The Samlet Herefordiensibus, Branlin & Fingerin Eboracensibus.1836Yarrell Brit. Fishes II. 43 The transverse dusky bars from which this fish has obtained the name of Brandling and Fingerling.
attrib.1888Pall Mall G. 7 Apr. 6/1 A couple of wretched fingerling smolts.

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