homelyn
(ˈhəʊmlɪn)
Also hommelin, homlin, homerling.
[Origin unascertained: there is no allied name in the cognate langs.
(The suggestion of Jamieson that it is a deriv. of ON. hamla, OE. hamelian to hamble, mutilate, appears to have no basis other than the similarity of sound.)]
A fish, the Spotted Ray, Raia maculata.
| 1666 Merrett Pinax Rerum Nat. Brit. (1667) 185 Raia lævis, a Homelyn..in Cornubia, a Guilt head. 1808 E. Donovan Brit. Fishes V. ciii, It perfectly agrees with the Homerling Ray. 1810 P. Neill List. Fishes 28 (Jam.) Raia rubus, Rough ray: Hommelin. 1836 Yarrell Brit. Fishes II. 431 The Homelyn and the Thornback..are the two species most common in the London market. |