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frostfish n. 北美產的一種小雪魚 北美產的一種小雪魚 Frostfish \ Frost` fish"\, n. ( Zool.) ( a) The tomcod; -- so called because it is abundant on the New England coast in autumn at about the commencement of frost. See { Tomcod}. ( b) The smelt. [ Local, U. S.] ( c) A name applied in New Zealand to the scabbard fish ({ Lepidotus}) valued as a food fish. [ 1913 Webster]
Scabbard \ Scab" bard\, n. [ OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers, escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan. origin; cf. Icel. sk[= a] lpr scabbard, and G. bergen to conceal. Cf. { Hauberk}.] The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath. [ 1913 Webster] Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade. -- Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster] { Scabbard fish} ( Zool.), a long, compressed, silver- colored taenioid fish ({ Lepidopus argyreus} syn. { Lepidopus caudatus}), found on the European coasts, and more abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called { frostfish} and considered an excellent food fish. [ 1913 Webster]
Tomcod \ Tom" cod`\ ( t[ o^] m" k[ o^] d`), n. [ Tom ( see { Tomboy}) cod: cf. F. tacaud whiting pout, American Indian tacaud, literally, plenty fish.] ( Zool.) ( a) A small edible American fish ({ Microgadus tomcod}) of the Codfish family, very abundant in autumn on the Atlantic coast of the Northen United States; -- called also { frostfish}. See Illust. under { Frostfish}. ( b) The kingfish. See { Kingfish} ( a) . ( c) The jack. See 2d { Jack}, 8. ( c) . [ 1913 Webster]
cutlass fish \ cutlass fish\, cutlassfish \ cutlassfish\ n. 1. ( Zool.) a peculiar, long, thin, marine fish ({ Trichiurus lepturus}) of the southern United States and West Indies, having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp daggerlike teeth; -- called also { frostfish}, { saber fish}, { silver eel}, and, improperly, { swordfish}; also, several related members of the genus { Trichiurus}. It is closely related to snake mackerel. Syn: frost fish, frostfish, hairtail. [ 1913 Webster WordNet 1. 5]
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