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tautog

/taw-tog, -tawg/US // tɔˈtɒg, -ˈtɔg //UK // (tɔːˈtɒɡ) //

绷带鱼,鹦鹉螺,旗鱼,鹦鹉鱼

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a black food and game fish, Tautoga onitis, inhabiting waters along the North Atlantic coast of the U.S.

Examples

  • By ten o'clock there were six dozen perch in the basket, besides three handsome tautog and half a dozen sea flounders.

  • Yes, more too; I left six dozen perch and three handsome tautog in his kitchen just now.

  • She could remain in the cabin of the motor boat while the others were fishing off the rocks for tautog and rock-bass.

  • Either Mr. Tautog had been very, very careful when he nibbled the bait, or the said bait had slipped off.

  • It was a damp little hollow, and Mr. Tautog could not flop out into the sea again.

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