“surmullet”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

surmullet

释义

surmullet|sɜːˈmʌlɪt|
Also 7 sir-.
[ad. F. surmulet.]
The red mullet; a name comprising species of Mullus, esp. M. surmuletus, the striped surmullet, red with three longitudinal yellow stripes, highly prized from ancient times as a food-fish, and M. barbatus, the plain surmullet, of a plain red.
a1672Willughby Ichthyogr. (1686) Tab. S. 7 Mullus major Salv[iani], a Sirmullet.1674Ray Coll. Words, Sea Fishes 103 Sur-Mullet, Mullus Antiquorum.1738MSS. Dk. Portland (Hist. MSS. Comm.) VI. 175 We had a very good dinner, and a fish which is much prized and valued called a surmullet.1769Pennant Brit. Zoo. III. 227 The Red Surmullet..Mullus barbatus.Ibid. 229 The Striped Surmullet, Mullus major.1776Adam Smith W.N. i. xi. I. 273 Asinius Celer purchased a surmullet at the price of eight thousand sestertii.1899Contemp. Rev. Aug. 202, I have seen surmullets, when going from the brown sand to the dark rocks, quickly change from one colour to the other.

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