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moderlieschen

moderlieschen noun: leucaspius delineatus, a species of freshwater fish found throughout temperate continental Europe.

moderlieschen: leucaspius delineatus, a species of freshwater fish found throughout temperate continental Europe
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Noun

moderlieschen

  1. Leucaspius delineatus, a species of freshwater fish found throughout temperate continental Europe.
    • Leucaspius delineatus (Heckel) The common moderlieschen is a small fish of no economic importance, living in the basins of many Ukrainian rivers. Body length: up to 7-8cm (usually less).1963, Aleksandr Prokofʹevich Markevich, Parasitic Fauna of Freshwater Fish of the Ukrainian S.S.R.: (Parazitofauna Presnovodnykh Ryb USSR)
    • […] numbers of eggs in ribbons (perch) or strings (the moderlieschen Leucaspius delineatus) which are entwined amongst submerged vegetation.1975, B. A. Whitton, River Ecology, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 226
    Synonyms:
    sunbleak

Examples of moderlieschen in a sentence

  • Fresh-water trash fish (bleak, ruff, gudgeon, loach, verkhovka or moderlieschen, minnow, etc.) are considered a better natural food, […]1983, F. Martyshev, Pond Fisheries, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 366:
  • The European moderlieschen, Leucaspius delineatus, which lays eggs in spirals or rings on plant stems, is aided by enlarged genital papillae.2012, Ian J. Winfield, Joe S. Nelson, Cyprinid Fishes: Systematics, biology and exploitation, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN...

Synonyms of moderlieschen

Origin of moderlieschen

From German Moderlieschen, from or corresponding to Mutterlöschen, Mutterloseken, literally "motherless one(s)", because the eggs can withstand long exposure to air, stick to ducks and other birds, and be carried to ephemeral ponds, where they may hatch without adults present, leading to folk beliefs that the fish were motherless.

Questions about moderlieschen

What does moderlieschen mean?
Moderlieschen means leucaspius delineatus, a species of freshwater fish found throughout temperate continental Europe.
How do you use moderlieschen in a sentence?
Fresh-water trash fish (bleak, ruff, gudgeon, loach, verkhovka or moderlieschen, minnow, etc.) are considered a better natural food, […]
What part of speech is moderlieschen?
Moderlieschen is a noun.

Words near moderlieschen in the dictionary

  1. moderatrices
  2. moderatrix
  3. moderatrixes
  4. modered
  5. modering
  6. moderlieschen
  7. modern
  8. modern age
  9. modern algebra
  10. modern antique
  11. modern antiques

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