| 释义 |
scaleless, a.|ˈskeɪllɪs|
Also 7 skalesse.
[f. scale n.2 + -less.]
Having no scales: chiefly of fish and reptiles.
1611Cotgr., Amie, a certaine skalesse fish. Ibid., Gracieux seigneur, a skalelesse fish, of a long forme. 1803Shaw Gen. Zool. IV. 370 Scaleless Chætodon. Chætodon Alepidotus. 1882Huxley in Nature 9 Mar. 437/1 The scaleless parts of the body..of the fish. 1884P. Robinson Fishes of Fancy in Fish. Exhib. Lit. III. 37 Egypt, where the scaleless fish were taboo in consequence of their..unwholesomeness. |
