sailfish 音标拼音: [s'elf
, ɪʃ]
n . 旗鱼
旗鱼
sailfish n 1 :
a saltwater fish with lean flesh 2 :
large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long dorsal fin that resembles a sail Sailfish \
Sail "
fish \,
n . (
Zool .)
(
a )
The banner fish ,
or spikefish ({
Histiophorus }.)
(
b )
The basking ,
or liver ,
shark .
(
c )
The quillback .
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Liver \
Liv "
er \,
n . [
AS .
lifer ;
akin to D .
liver ,
G .
leber ,
OHG .
lebara ,
Icel .
lifr ,
Sw .
lefver ,
and perh .
to Gr . ?
fat ,
E .
live ,
v .] (
Anat .)
A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates .
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Note :
Most of the venous blood from the alimentary canal passes through it on its way back to the heart ;
and it secretes the bile ,
produces glycogen ,
and in other ways changes the blood which passes through it .
In man it is situated immediately beneath the diaphragm and mainly on the right side .
See {
Bile }, {
Digestive },
and {
Glycogen }.
The liver of invertebrate animals is usually made up of c [
ae ]
cal tubes ,
and differs materially ,
in form and function ,
from that of vertebrates .
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{
Floating liver }.
See {
Wandering liver },
under {
Wandering }.
{
Liver of antimony }, {
Liver of sulphur }. (
Old Chem .)
See {
Hepar }.
{
Liver brown }, {
Liver color },
the color of liver ,
a dark ,
reddish brown .
{
Liver shark } (
Zool .),
a very large shark ({
Cetorhinus maximus }),
inhabiting the northern coasts both of Europe and North America .
It sometimes becomes forty feet in length ,
being one of the largest sharks known ;
but it has small simple teeth ,
and is not dangerous .
It is captured for the sake of its liver ,
which often yields several barrels of oil .
It has gill rakers ,
resembling whalebone ,
by means of which it separates small animals from the sea water .
Called also {
basking shark }, {
bone shark },
{
hoemother }, {
homer },
and {
sailfish };
it is sometimes referred to as {
whale shark },
but that name is more commonly used for the {
Rhincodon typus },
which grows even larger .
{
Liver spots },
yellowish brown patches on the skin ,
or spots of chloasma .
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Quillback \
Quill "
back `\,
n . (
Zool .)
An American fresh -
water fish ({
Ictiobus cyprinus }
syn .
{
Carpiodes cyprinus }); --
called also {
carp sucker },
{
sailfish }, {
spearfish },
and {
skimback }.
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