亚洲网紅露点

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bocaccio

[ buh-kah-choh, -chee-oh, boh- ]

noun

plural bocaccios.
  1. a large, brown, big-mouthed rockfish, Sebastes paucispinis, of California coastal waters.


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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bocaccio1

First recorded in 1880鈥85; from Italian boccaccio 鈥渦gly mouth,鈥 equivalent to bocc(a) 鈥渕outh鈥 (from Latin bucca ) + -accio pejorative suffix, apparently replacing a Latin American Spanish fish name of like formation; compare Spanish bocacha 鈥渂ig mouth鈥
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Among his targets were some volumes deemed classics of European literature even then, including Bocaccio鈥檚 鈥淒ecameron.鈥

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A classic work of literature from the Middle Ages, Bocaccio鈥檚 鈥淭he Decameron,鈥 reads in some ways as a guide to social distancing and self-isolation.

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After years of fear and uncertainty, bottom trawler fishermen 鈥 those who use nets to catch rockfish, bocaccio, sole, Pacific Ocean perch and other deep-dwelling fish 鈥 are making a comeback here, reinventing themselves as a sustainable industry less than two decades after authorities closed huge stretches of the Pacific Ocean because of the species鈥 depletion.

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After years of fear and uncertainty, bottom trawler fishermen - those who use nets to catch rockfish, bocaccio, sole, Pacific Ocean perch and other deep-dwelling fish - are making a comeback here, reinventing themselves as a sustainable industry less than two decades after authorities closed huge stretches of the Pacific Ocean because of the species鈥 depletion.

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After years of fear and uncertainty, bottom trawler fishermen 鈥 those who use nets to catch rockfish, bocaccio, sole, Pacific Ocean perch and other deep-dwelling fish 鈥 are making a comeback here, reinventing themselves as a sustainable industry less than two decades after authorities closed huge stretches of the Pacific Ocean because of the species鈥 depletion.

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