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jackknife-fish

/jak-nahyf-fish/US // ˈdʒækˌnaɪfˌfɪʃ //

千叶鱼

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural jack·knife-fish·es, jack·knife-fish.Ichthyology.

    • : a black and white, American drum, Equetus lanceolatus, found in tropical areas of the Atlantic Ocean, having an elongated dorsal fin that is held erect.

Examples

  • When Chérif got out of prison, he worked at the fish counter of a supermarket.

  • “The government just wanted to catch the big fish [in the Juarez cartel] and they ignored everything in between,” Lozoya said.

  • Kocurek documented the scene with notes and diagrams, and called the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

  • A U.S. Fish and Wildlife officer corroborated another account.

  • A Fish and Wildlife special agent collected the bodies of two birds at the site, a redhead duck and a mourning dove.

  • He must be The saltest fish that swims the sea.And, oh!He has a secret woe!

  • He looked up from his fish and replied, somewhat cuttingly, "By contesting a borough and getting elected."

  • Smoking, the angry and fuming king protests, had made our manners as rude as those of the fish-wives of Dieppe.

  • But what if I catch the fish by using a hired boat and a hired net, or by buying worms as bait from some one who has dug them?

  • The Taube has been bothering us again, but wound up its manœuvres very decently by killing some fish for our dinner.