whitefish 音标拼音: [w'ɑɪtf
, ɪʃ] [hw'ɑɪtf
, ɪʃ]
n . 鳟鱼的一种,白色的鱼
鳟鱼的一种,白色的鱼
whitefish n 1 :
any market fish --
edible saltwater fish or shellfish --
except herring 2 :
flesh of salmon -
like or trout -
like cold -
water fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere 3 :
silvery herring -
like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere Silver \
Sil "
ver \,
a .
1 .
Of or pertaining to silver ;
made of silver ;
as ,
silver leaf ;
a silver cup .
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2 .
Resembling silver .
Specifically :
(
a )
Bright ;
resplendent ;
white . "
Silver hair ." --
Shak .
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Others ,
on silver lakes and rivers ,
bathed Their downy breast . --
Milton .
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(
b )
Precious ;
costly .
(
c )
Giving a clear ,
ringing sound soft and clear . "
Silver voices ." --
Spenser .
(
d )
Sweet ;
gentle ;
peaceful . "
Silver slumber ." --
Spenser .
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{
American silver fir } (
Bot .),
the balsam fir .
See under {
Balsam }.
{
Silver age } (
Roman Lit .),
the latter part (
a .
d .
14 -
180 )
of the classical period of Latinity , --
the time of writers of inferior purity of language ,
as compared with those of the previous golden age ,
so -
called .
{
Silver -
bell tree } (
Bot .),
an American shrub or small tree ({
Halesia tetraptera })
with white bell -
shaped flowers in clusters or racemes ;
the snowdrop tree .
{
Silver bush } (
Bot .),
a shrubby leguminous plant ({
Anthyllis Barba -
Jovis })
of Southern Europe ,
having silvery foliage .
{
Silver chub } (
Zool .),
the fallfish .
{
Silver eel }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
The cutlass fish .
(
b )
A pale variety of the common eel .
{
Silver fir } (
Bot .),
a coniferous tree ({
Abies pectinata })
found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of Europe ,
where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150 feet .
It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine .
{
Silver foil },
foil made of silver .
{
Silver fox } (
Zool .),
a variety of the common fox ({
Vulpes vulpes },
variety argenteus )
found in the northern parts of Asia ,
Europe ,
and America .
Its fur is nearly black ,
with silvery tips ,
and is highly valued .
Called also {
black fox },
and {
silver -
gray fox }.
{
Silver gar }. (
Zool .)
See {
Billfish }
(
a ) .
{
Silver grain } (
Bot .),
the lines or narrow plates of cellular tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an exogenous stem ;
the medullary rays .
In the wood of the oak they are much larger than in that of the beech ,
maple ,
pine ,
cherry ,
etc .
{
Silver grebe } (
Zool .),
the red -
throated diver .
See Illust .
under {
Diver }.
{
Silver hake } (
Zool .),
the American whiting .
{
Silver leaf },
leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very thin .
{
Silver lunge } (
Zool .),
the namaycush .
{
Silver moonfish }.(
Zool .)
See {
Moonfish }
(
b ) .
{
Silver moth } (
Zool .),
a lepisma .
{
Silver owl } (
Zool .),
the barn owl .
{
Silver perch } (
Zool .),
the mademoiselle ,
2 .
{
Silver pheasant } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of beautiful crested and long -
tailed Asiatic pheasants ,
of the genus {
Euplocamus }.
They have the tail and more or less of the upper parts silvery white .
The most common species ({
Euplocamus nychtemerus })
is native of China .
{
Silver plate },
(
a )
domestic utensils made of a base metal coated with silver .
(
b )
a plating of silver on a base metal .
{
Silver plover } (
Zool .),
the knot .
{
Silver salmon } (
Zool .),
a salmon ({
Oncorhynchus kisutch })
native of both coasts of the North Pacific .
It ascends all the American rivers as far south as the Sacramento .
Called also {
kisutch }, {
whitefish },
and {
white salmon }.
{
Silver shell } (
Zool .),
a marine bivalve of the genus Anomia .
See {
Anomia }.
{
Silver steel },
an alloy of steel with a very small proportion of silver .
{
Silver stick },
a title given to the title field officer of the Life Guards when on duty at the palace . [
Eng .]
--
Thackeray .
{
Silver tree } (
Bot .),
a South African tree ({
Leucadendron argenteum })
with long ,
silvery ,
silky leaves .
{
Silver trout }, (
Zool .)
See {
Trout }.
{
Silver wedding }.
See under {
Wedding }.
{
Silver whiting } (
Zool .),
a marine sciaenoid food fish ({
Menticirrus littoralis })
native of the Southern United States ; --
called also {
surf whiting }.
{
Silver witch } (
Zool .),
A lepisma .
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menhaden \
men *
ha "
den \,
n . (
Zool .)
An American marine fish ({
Brevoortia tyrannus })
of the Herring family ({
Clupeidae }),
chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers ; --
called also {
mossbunker }, {
bony fish }, {
chebog }, {
pogy }, {
hardhead },
{
whitefish },
etc .
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Whitefish \
White "
fish `\,
n . (
Zool .)
(
a )
Any one of several species of {
Coregonus },
a genus of excellent food fishes allied to the salmons .
They inhabit the lakes of the colder parts of North America ,
Asia ,
and Europe .
The largest and most important American species ({
Coregonus clupeiformis })
is abundant in the Great Lakes ,
and in other lakes farther north .
Called also {
lake whitefish },
and {
Oswego bass }.
(
b )
The menhaden .
(
c )
The beluga ,
or white whale .
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Note :
Various other fishes are locally called whitefish ,
as the silver salmon ,
the whiting (
a ),
the yellowtail ,
and the young of the bluefish ({
Pomatomus saltatrix }).
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