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EELS |
Long fish |
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GAR |
Long fish |
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PIKE |
Long fish |
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EEL |
Long fish |
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DEALFISH |
A long, thin fish of the arctic seas (Trachypterus
arcticus). |
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SNIPEFISH |
A long, slender deep-sea fish (Nemichthys scolopaceus)
with a slender beak. |
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BLADEFISH |
A long, thin, marine fish of Europe (Trichiurus
lepturus); the ribbon fish. |
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DRABBLE |
To fish with a long line and rod; as, to drabble for
barbels. |
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DOMINE |
A West Indian fish (Epinula magistralis), of the family
Trichiuridae. It is a long-bodied, voracious fish. |
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FYKE |
A long bag net distended by hoops, into which fish can pass
easily, without being able to return; -- called also fyke net. |
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TAENIOSOMI |
An order of fishes remarkable for their long and
compressed form. The ribbon fishes are examples. See Ribbon fish, under
Ribbon. |
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COACHMAN |
A tropical fish of the Atlantic ocean (Dutes auriga); --
called also charioteer. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of
the dorsal fin. |
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BELLOWS FISH |
A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by
a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; -- called also
trumpet fish, and snipe fish. |
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THREADFISH |
A carangoid fish (Caranx gallus, or C. crinitus) having
the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins prolonged in the
form of long threads. |
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PADDLEFISH |
A large ganoid fish (Polyodon spathula) found in the
rivers of the Mississippi Valley. It has a long spatula-shaped snout.
Called also duck-billed cat, and spoonbill sturgeon. |
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SAURY |
A slender marine fish (Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and
America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish,
gowdnook, gawnook, sk... |
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SOY |
A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by
subjecting boiled beans (esp. soja beans), or beans and meal, to long
fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water. |
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BONITO |
A large tropical fish (Orcynus pelamys) allied to the
tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes
on the sides. It is sometimes found on the American coast. |
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HARPOON |
...fish, as
whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad,
fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by han... |
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FLYING FISH |
...fly a
considerable distance by means of its large and long pectoral fins.
These fishes belong to several species of the genus Exocoetus, and are... |
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NARWHAL |
An arctic cetacean (Monodon monocerous), about twenty feet
long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth, or
tusk projecti... |
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PIPEFISH |
Any lophobranch fish of the genus Siphostoma, or
Syngnathus, and allied genera, having a long and very slender angular
body, covered with bony ... |
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SWORDFISH |
...only
representative of the family Xiphiidae. It is highly valued as a food
fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long,
... |
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TRIPLE-TAIL |
... blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long,
and extend back on each side of the tail. It has large silvery scales
which are used in ... |