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catfish 音标拼音: [k'ætf ,ɪʃ] n. 鲶鱼 鲶鱼 catfish n 1: flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed [ synonym: { catfish}, { mudcat}] 2: large ferocious northern deep- sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins [ synonym: { wolffish}, { wolf fish}, { catfish}] 3: any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom- living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth [ synonym: { catfish}, { siluriform fish}] Wolf \ Wolf\, n.; pl. { Wolves}. [ OE. wolf, wulf, AS. wulf; akin to OS. wulf, D. & G. wolf, Icel. [= u] lfr, Sw. ulf, Dan. ulv, Goth. wulfs, Lith. vilkas, Russ. volk', L. lupus, Gr. ly` kos, Skr. v[. r] ka; also to Gr. " e` lkein to draw, drag, tear in pieces. [ root] 286. Cf. { Lupine}, a., { Lyceum}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. ( Zool.) Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus { Canis} and closely allied to the common dog. The best- known and most destructive species are the European wolf ({ Canis lupus}), the American gray, or timber, wolf ({ Canis occidentalis}), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries. [ 1913 Webster] 5. An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. { Lupus}. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf into thy side. -- Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Mus.) ( a) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament. ( b) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the scale. [ 1913 Webster] 7. ( Textile Manuf.) A willying machine. -- Knight. [ 1913 Webster] { Black wolf}. ( Zool.) ( a) A black variety of the European wolf which is common in the Pyrenees. ( b) A black variety of the American gray wolf. { Golden wolf} ( Zool.), the Thibetan wolf ({ Canis laniger}); -- called also { chanco}. { Indian wolf} ( Zool.), an Asiatic wolf ({ Canis pallipes}) which somewhat resembles a jackal. Called also { landgak}. { Prairie wolf} ( Zool.), the coyote. { Sea wolf}. ( Zool.) See in the Vocabulary. { Strand wolf} ( Zool.) the striped hyena. { Tasmanian wolf} ( Zool.), the zebra wolf. { Tiger wolf} ( Zool.), the spotted hyena. { To keep the wolf from the door}, to keep away poverty; to prevent starvation. See { Wolf}, 3, above. -- Tennyson. { Wolf dog}. ( Zool.) ( a) The mastiff, or shepherd dog, of the Pyrenees, supposed by some authors to be one of the ancestors of the St. Bernard dog. ( b) The Irish greyhound, supposed to have been used formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves. ( c) A dog bred between a dog and a wolf, as the Eskimo dog. { Wolf eel} ( Zool.), a wolf fish. { Wolf fish} ( Zool.), any one of several species of large, voracious marine fishes of the genus { Anarrhichas}, especially the common species ({ Anarrhichas lupus}) of Europe and North America. These fishes have large teeth and powerful jaws. Called also { catfish}, { sea cat}, { sea wolf}, { stone biter}, and { swinefish}. { Wolf net}, a kind of net used in fishing, which takes great numbers of fish. { Wolf' s peach} ( Bot.), the tomato, or love apple ({ Lycopersicum esculentum}). { Wolf spider} ( Zool.), any one of numerous species of running ground spiders belonging to the genus { Lycosa}, or family { Lycosidae}. These spiders run about rapidly in search of their prey. Most of them are plain brown or blackish in color. See Illust. in App. { Zebra wolf} ( Zool.), a savage carnivorous marsupial ({ Thylacinus cynocephalus}) native of Tasmania; -- called also { Tasmanian wolf}. [ 1913 Webster]
Bullhead \ Bull" head`\, n. 1. ( Zool.) ( a) A fresh- water fish of many species, of the genus { Uranidea}, esp. { Uranidea gobio} of Europe, and { Uranidea Richardsoni} of the United States; -- called also { miller' s thumb}. ( b) In America, several species of { Amiurus}; -- called also { catfish}, { horned pout}, and { bullpout}. ( c) A marine fish of the genus { Cottus}; the sculpin. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) ( a) The black- bellied plover ({ Squatarola helvetica}); -- called also { beetlehead}. ( b) The golden plover. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A stupid fellow; a lubber. [ Colloq.] -- Jonson. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Zool.) A small black water insect. -- E. Phillips. [ 1913 Webster] { Bullhead whiting} ( Zool.), the kingfish of Florida ({ Menticirrus alburnus}). [ 1913 Webster]
Catfish \ Cat" fish`\, n. ( Zool.) A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat ( Amiurus natalis); the bind cat ({ Gronias nigrilabrus}); the mud cat ({ Pilodictic oilwaris}), the stone cat ({ Noturus flavus}); the sea cat ({ Arius felis}), etc. This name is also sometimes applied to the { wolf fish}. See { Bullhrad}. [ 1913 Webster]
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