squawfish
squawfish
(复同单，或-fishes)
(复同单，或-fishes)
- a large predatory freshwater fish of the carp family, with a slender body and large mouth, found in western North America
（产于北美西部的）褶唇鳡 - Genus Ptychocheilus, family Cyprinidae: several species, in particular the northern squawfish (P. oregonensis)
褶唇鳡属，鲤科：数种，尤指北方褶唇鳡（拉丁名P. oregonensis）
- late 19th cent.: the word derives from the former importance to American Indians of such fish, as food
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