“sail、fish”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

sail-fish

释义

ˈsail-fish
A name applied to various fishes having a large dorsal fin: in the British Isles to the Basking shark, Selachus maximus; in the U.S. to species of Histiophorus, Xiphias, and Carpiodes.
1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. v. 381 marg., The sayle-Fish.1808Forsyth Beauties Scotl. V. 356 The sail-fish, or, as it is called by the Scottish fishermen, the basking shark, frequently appears here [Northern Sea] in May or June. [1860G. Bennett Gatherings Naturalist Austral. 24 Histiophorus, called..by the Dutch Zeyl-fish, or ‘Sail-fish’, because it is said that it raises the dorsal fin like a fan and employs it as a sail.]1879Goode, etc. Catal. Anim. Resources U.S. 39 Histiophorus americanus... Sail-fish.1882J. E. Tenison-Woods Fish & Fisheries N.S. Wales 190 Sail-fish. Carpiodes. N. America.

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