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名詞

padle (複数形 padles)

1. (Scotland, dated) Cyclopterus lumpus, the lumpsucker or lumpfish.
   • 1807, “Fish Market”, in The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, volume 69, page 364:

     The Padle of our market is the male Lump fish (Cyclopterus Lumpus.) The female is called Hush by our fishers; but it is seldom brought to market, being much inferior to the male for the table.

   • 1809, John Roberton, A Treatise on Medical Police, and on Diet, Regimen:

     The male lump-fish, or padle, is brought to market in April and May.

   • 1838, Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society for the years 1831-37, volume 7:

     The Lump Fish or Padle, as it is named in Scotland is often taken in the Firth of Forth in the salmon-nets and Musselburgh and Queensferry, generally about the month of June, and entirely disappears after the month of August.