zeushttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zeus_n2%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_useZeus, n.²
Revised 2018

Zeusnoun2

  1. 1601–
    Formerly: the John Dory fish, Zeus faber (family Zeidae); (also) any of several other fishes formerly placed in the genus Zeus (now rare or obsolete). In later use: the genus Zeus itself.
    1. [1538
      Zeus, a fysshe taken about Calys [sc. Cádiz] in Spain, whiche is blacke, but he is very delicate.
      T. Elyot, Dictionary]
    2. 1601
      At Gades in Spaine, the Doree or Goldfish, called Zeus [Latin zaeus] and Faber.
      P. Holland, translation of Pliny, Historie of World vol. I. ix. xviii. 246
    3. 1706
      Zeüs, a Fish taken about Cadiz.., of a black Colour and very delicate.
      Phillips's New World of Words (new edition)
    4. 1752
      The red Zeus, with an even tail.
      J. Hill, General Natural History vol. III. 274
    5. 1854
      His own fish Zeus, the dory [was offered] to Jupiter.
      C. D. Badham, Prose Halieutics 48
    6. 1907
      The best-known genus is Zeus, which is a group of shore-fishes of the waters of Asia and Europe.
      D. S. Jordan, Fishes xxix. 464
    7. 2006
      Zeus consists of two extant and three fossil species.
      Cybium vol. 30 99

Originally published as part of the entry for Zeus, n.¹

Zeus, n.² was revised in June 2018.

Zeus, n.² was last modified in June 2025.