“killifish”的英文意思

单词

killifish

释义

killifish|ˈkɪlɪfɪʃ|
Also killy-.
[Commonly supposed to be f. kill n.² + fish; but cf. killing ppl. a. 1 b.]
The name given to several genera of small fish of the family Cyprinodontidæ, found in sheltered places on the east coast of North America, and used as bait; esp. Fundulus heteroclitus, the green killifish.
1836J. Richardson Fishes N. Amer. 56 This Stickleback is said, by Dr. Mitchell, to inhabit the salt waters of New York, and to consort with the Killifish.1885Stand. Nat. Hist. III. 170 The large family of Cyprinodontidæ or killifishes, is distinguished..by the structure of its mouth.

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