fingerfish
/ˈfɪŋgəfɪʃ/noun
(复同单或-fishes)
1- a small silvery fish with a deep laterally compressed body, occurring in warm inshore and estuarine waters大眼鲳; 银大眼鲳。亦称MOONFISH.
1.1
- Family Monodactylidae and genus Monodactylus: several species, in particular M. argenteus.大眼鲳科, 大眼鲳属:数种, 尤指银大眼鲳(或称月亮鱼)。
词源
late 18th cent.: from the genus name monodactylus, literally 'single finger'.