英语词汇“candiru”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

candiru

释义

candiru|kændɪˈruː|
[a. Pg. candirú, a. Tupi candirú, candérú.]
A tiny, bloodsucking catfish, Vandellia cirrhosa, of the family Pygidiidæ, found in the Amazon river, where it attacks other animals, including man.
1841R. H. Schomburgk in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. VI. 395, I was frequently warned by the inhabitants to be cautious while bathing of a small fish called Cancliru [sic].1897J. Bach in Proc. Zool. Soc. 901 The ‘Candyrú’, as the fish is called, is much dreaded by the natives of the Jurua.1930E. W. Gudger Candirú p. vii, ‘Candirú’ is the collective name given to certain small catfishes of the Amazon River and its tributaries to which are attributed the evil habit of entering the urethra of men and the vulva of women bathers.1962K. F. Lagler et al. Ichthyol. xiv. 438 One fish that can perhaps be regarded as a true parasite is the small candiru, a South American catfish.

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