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单词 pinfish
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Definition of pinfish in English:

pinfish

noun ˈpɪnfɪʃ
  • 1North American. Any of several sticklebacks. rare.

  • 2Either of two porgies of shallow waters on the eastern and Gulf coasts of the United States: Lagodon rhomboides, which has a dark spot on the lateral line behind the gill cover, and (more fully "spottail pinfish") Diplodus holbrooki, which has a black saddle on the caudal peduncle.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887). From pin + fish, with reference to the sharp dorsal spines of these fishes.

Definition of pinfish in US English:

pinfish

nounˈpɪnfɪʃ
  • 1North American. Any of several sticklebacks. rare.

  • 2Either of two porgies of shallow waters on the eastern and Gulf coasts of the United States: Lagodon rhomboides, which has a dark spot on the lateral line behind the gill cover, and (more fully "spottail pinfish") Diplodus holbrooki, which has a black saddle on the caudal peduncle.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887). From pin + fish, with reference to the sharp dorsal spines of these fishes.

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