народное название | Porcupinefish |
Language | English |
Тип | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Страна | Guam |
Местонахождение | |
ссылка | Myers, R.F., 1991 |
Стадия жизни | juveniles and adults |
Пол | females and males |
Core | non-fish animal |
1st modifier | |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'porcupine', i.e., spiny pig, from Latin 'porcus', i.e., pig and 'spinus, i.e., spine (p. 404, Ref. 11979); 'fish' from Germanic 'fiskaz' from same source as Latin 'piscis' from Indo-European word 'piskos' (p. 229 in Ref. 11979); 'porcupinefish', applied to the bloated, spiny appearance that this fish takes when threatened. |