cowfish

  • 31Cuckold — Cuck old (k?k ?ld), n. [OE. kukeweld, cokewold, cokold, fr. OF. coucoul, cucuault, the last syllable being modified by the OE. suffix wold (see {Herald}); cf. F. cocu a cuckold, formerly also, a cuckoo, and L. cuculus a cuckoo. The word alludes… …

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  • 32G griseus — Grampus Gram pus, n.; pl. {Grampuses}. [Probably corrupted from It. gran pesce great fish, or Sp. gran pez, or Pg. gran peixe, all fr. L. grandis piscis. See {Grand}, and {Fish}. the animal.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the… …

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  • 33G Stearnsii — Grampus Gram pus, n.; pl. {Grampuses}. [Probably corrupted from It. gran pesce great fish, or Sp. gran pez, or Pg. gran peixe, all fr. L. grandis piscis. See {Grand}, and {Fish}. the animal.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the… …

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  • 34Grampus — Gram pus, n.; pl. {Grampuses}. [Probably corrupted from It. gran pesce great fish, or Sp. gran pez, or Pg. gran peixe, all fr. L. grandis piscis. See {Grand}, and {Fish}. the animal.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus… …

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  • 35Grampuses — Grampus Gram pus, n.; pl. {Grampuses}. [Probably corrupted from It. gran pesce great fish, or Sp. gran pez, or Pg. gran peixe, all fr. L. grandis piscis. See {Grand}, and {Fish}. the animal.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the… …

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  • 36Ostracion triqueter — Cuckold Cuck old (k?k ?ld), n. [OE. kukeweld, cokewold, cokold, fr. OF. coucoul, cucuault, the last syllable being modified by the OE. suffix wold (see {Herald}); cf. F. cocu a cuckold, formerly also, a cuckoo, and L. cuculus a cuckoo. The word… …

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  • 37Scleroderm — Scler o*derm (? or ?; 277), n. [Gr. sklhro s hard + de rma skin: cf. F. scl[ e]roderme.] (a) (Zo[ o]l.) One of a tribe of plectognath fishes ({Sclerodermi}) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, as the cowfish and the trunkfish.… …

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  • 38Sclerodermi — Scleroderm Scler o*derm (? or ?; 277), n. [Gr. sklhro s hard + de rma skin: cf. F. scl[ e]roderme.] (a) (Zo[ o]l.) One of a tribe of plectognath fishes ({Sclerodermi}) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, as the cowfish and the… …

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  • 39List of fish common names — This is a list of fish common names. While some common names refer to a single species or family, others have been used for a confusing variety of different types; the articles listed here should explain the possibilities if the name is ambiguous …

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  • 40USS Toro (SS-422) — USS Toro (SS 422), a Tench class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the toro , a name applied to various fish including the cowfish, the catalufa, and the cavallo. Her keel was laid down on 27 May 1944 at the… …

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