单词 | parr |
例句 | Even in the second year after DDT enters a stream, a foraging salmon parr would have trouble finding anything more than an occasional small stonefly. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Heading toward the wide parr of the river where trees grouped themselves in families darkening the earth below. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z As they travel, the parrs, or young freshwater salmon, undergo a profound transformation called smoltification, becoming smolts able to thrive in saltwater. How Long Before These Salmon Are Gone? ‘Maybe 20 Years’ 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Each year, Maine’s Department of Marine Resources and United States Fish and Wildlife Service stocks the rivers and streams with millions of salmon eggs and fry and thousands of parr and smolts. The Last Presidential Salmon 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z It’s a name on a parr with Julian, for flaccid pretension. Why I’m glad no one wants to call their baby Nigel any more | Nigel Planer 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z A young salmon or parr, in the stage in which it has transverse black bands, as if burned by a gridiron. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Samlet, sam′let, n. a parr: a salmon of the first year. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z When the parrs reach a reservoir on the way, they must swim instead of being pushed by the current, and often become disoriented and are more susceptible to predators. How Long Before These Salmon Are Gone? ‘Maybe 20 Years’ 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z For a few seconds the parr eyed them with distrust. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life Strachan dashed at it like a pike pouncing upon a parr; I lay down upon the sofa, lit my weed, and amused myself by watching his physiognomy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 The first is as a "parr," a small bright-looking fish, four or five inches long, with dark-colored bars across the sides and a row of red spots. Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 Usually in the second year, but it may be earlier or later, the parr become silvery smolts, which go out to sea, usually about the month of May. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told The salmon himself, for instance, is by descent a trout, and in the parr stage he is even now almost indistinguishable from many kinds of river-trout that never migrate seaward at all. Science in Arcady In this way two of the parr, and one of the little trout, disappeared,—the trout folk having no prejudice whatever against cannibalism. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life During this crisis trout collect below to devour such portions of the spawn as float down the river, and parr are frequently seen hovering in and around the trough. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 The parent fish ascend in late autumn as high as they can get, the ova are deposited on gravel shallows, hatching out in the course of a few weeks into parr. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 By the end of the year they have grown to be rather trout-like parr, about four inches long. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told Yet no one alleges that he has ever seen parr as such, making a journey towards the sea "They cannot do so" says Mr Shaw, "because they have been previously converted into smolts." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 Another peril that kept the young parr on the alert—an ever imminent and particularly appalling peril—was the foraging of the kingfishers. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life Our author then proposes that proprietors should call meetings for the purpose, and that parr, hitherto so named, should now, in their capacity of young salmon, be protected by law. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 "They seem to take up a lot of your time," he said with pretended indifference, but, to his annoyance, landed a salmon parr at the same moment. The House of Whispers But the parr disdained our baits, and for months I dreamed of what it would have been to capture him, and often thought of him in church. Angling Sketches The second little trout, and one more of the parr, were carried off. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life He was what those learned in matters pertaining to the salmon would have called a "parr". The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life The river was liberal in its providing for its most favoured children, these aristocratic and beautiful parr, so the youngster grew apace in his bright run. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life The question which he then put as he threw the parr back into the burn struck her as curious. The House of Whispers All through the summer and autumn the little parr was kept very busy, feeding, and dodging his enemies, and playing in the cheerful, shallow "run" beneath the cedar. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life In fact, he was now no longer a parr, but a "smelt"; and after the ordained custom of his kind, he was on his way to the sea. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life |
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