| 单词 |
sargassum |
| 释义 |
sargassum|sɑːˈgæsəm|
[mod.L. (G. E. Rumpf Herbarium Amboinense (1755) VI. tab. 76): see sargasso.]
a. A large floating seaweed of the genus so called, found in masses in warm or temperate seas. Cf. gulf-weed, sargasso.
1905, etc. [see sense b below]. 1951G. M. Papenfuss in G. M. Smith Man. Phycol. vii. 119 Sargassum..forms immense floating masses in the Sargasso Sea, between the West Indies and the coast of North Africa. 1969J. M. Kingsbury Seaweeds of Cape Cod 116 The berry-like bladders..serve to identify Sargassum or ‘gulfweed’ as it is sometimes called.
b. sargassum angler, fish, a small toadfish, Pterophryne histrio, which lives in clusters of sargassum; sargassum weed = sense a above.
1961*Sargassum angler [see sargassum weed below].
1905D. S. Jordan Guide to Study of Fishes II. xxxi. 549 (caption) *Sargassum-fish. 1928W. Beebe Beneath Tropic Seas iii. 26 An unexpected performance was suddenly staged in the jar of sargassum fish. 1962K. F. Lagler et al. Ichthyol. iv. 119 The sargassum fish (Pterophryne) and the alga-resembling seadragon..are the most frequently cited examples of the extension of the skin into flaps.
1928W. Beebe Beneath Tropic Seas iii. 24 On several days great masses of *sargassum weed drifted into the bay. 1961E. S. Herald Living Fishes of World 283/1 The sargassum angler can make slight changes in its colour pattern to match its background, but seems to be limited to those shades found in the sargassum weed. |
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