goatfish

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of the family Mullidae of brightly coloured fish with two barbels on the chin.
  2. Alternative spelling of goat-fish (“mythical beast”). alt-of,alternative

词形变化

goatfishes plural goatfish plural

词汇关系

衍生词
bicolor goatfish

词源

From goat + fish. The Mullidae sense is because of the fish's beard (as it were) seeming like a goat's beard (a goatee). The chimera sense is because the mythical beast is half goat and half fish.
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