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Scorpæna
‖ Scorpæna (skɔːˈpiːnə) Also 8 scorpena. [L., ad. Gr. σκόρπαινα a kind of fish; app. irreg. fem. f. σκορπίος scorpion. The fish named σκόρπαινα by the ancients was prob. so called from being prickly (cf. the cognate σκορπίς, σκορπίος, which are names of fishes expressly described as having spines). ...
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scorpene
scorpene (ˈskɔːpiːn) Forms: 8 scorpen, 9– scorpene. [Anglicized form of Scorpæna; in the U.S. perhaps ad. the cognate Sp. escorpina, It. scorpina.] = Scorpæna; now only U.S. as a name for Scorpæna guttata.1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 126 Scorpens, mullets, horse-mackrel, and many other sorts....
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rascasse
‖ rascasse (raskas) [Fr.] A small Mediterranean scorpion-fish, Scorpæna scrofa, which has reddish skin and spiny fins which can cause painful wounds, and which is used esp. as an ingredient of bouillabaisse.1921 W. J. Locke Mountebank xvi. 206 The wondrous dish [sc. bouillabaisse] was set before the...
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Submarine Development Program
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sculpin
▪ I. sculpin, n. (ˈskʌlpɪn) Also 8 scolping, sculpion, 9 skulpin, sculpen, sculping. [? Corruption of scorpene.] 1. A name for various small worthless fish having a spiny appearance: a. A fish of the genus Callionymus, e.g. C. draco; b. A fish of the genus Cottus, e.g. C. virginianus; c. Hemitripter...
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scorpion
scorpion (ˈskɔːpɪən) Also 3 scorpiun, 4–5 scorpyo(u)n, scorpien, 4–6 scorpioun, scorpione, 5 scorpyone, (scarpyn, 6 scorpiowne, 7 scorpean). [a. OF. scorpion, scorpiun (also escorpiun; mod.F. scorpion) = Pr., Sp. escorpion, Pg. escorpião, It. scorpione:—L. scorpiōnem (scorpio), extended form of scor...
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berguylt
bergylt, berguylt (ˈbɜːgɪlt) [Jamieson refers it to ON. berg rock; cf. bergle.] 1. The name of a fish, the Black Goby, in Shetland, and elsewhere.1809 Edmonstone Zetl. II. 310 (Jam.) Black Goby..is called berguylt in Zetland. 2. The Norwegian haddock or Sea Perch (Sebastes Norvegicus), an arctic fis...
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hog-fish
hog-fish [f. hog n.1 + fish. Cf. Ger. meerschwein, obs. It. pesce porco, Sp. puerco marino, OF. porpeis (:—L. porcum piscem), porpoise.] † 1. The Porpoise, also called sea-hog. Obs.1611 Florio, Pesce porco, the Molebout-fish, or Swine-fish, the Sea-swine, the Porpuis, Hog-fish or Sea-hog. 1686 J. Du...
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father-lasher
ˈfather-ˈlasher The name of two species of sea-fish, Cottus bubalis and scorpius.1674 Ray Collect. Words, Fishes 104 Father-lasher, Cornubiensibus pueris dictus: Scorpæna Bellony. 1740 R. Brookes Art of Angling ii. xx. 125 The Father-lasher..when full-grown does not exceed nine Inches in length. 186...
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Jacob Evertsen
Jacob Evertsen S. Afr. (ˈjækəb ˈeɪvɜːtsən) Also Jacob Evertson, jacopever. [Name of a 17th-c. Dutch sea-captain.] Any of several marine food fishes distinguished by reddish skin and large eyes, esp. Sebastichthys capensis.1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. Kæmpfer's Hist. Japan I. i. xi. 136 Ara is what the ...
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and blue
▪ I. red, a. and n. (rɛd) Forms: 1 réad, 2–6 read(e, 3 ræd(en, 3–6 rede, reed(e, 4–6 redd(e, (compar. 4 raddore, 5 -ur), 4–8 Sc. reid, (6 rid), 2– red. [Comm. Teut.: OE. réad = OFris. râd, OS. (M.Du., MLG.) rôd (Du., LG. rood), OHG., MHG. rōt (mod.G. roth, rot), ON. rauðr (Sw., Da. röd), Goth. rauþs...
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stone
▪ I. stone, n. (stəʊn) Forms: 1–3 (4–5 Sc. and north.) stan, 3 stæn, 3–5 ston, 4–5 sten, 4–6 stoon (5–6 stoone), 4–9 (Sc. and north.) stane, 5 Sc. stayne, (stein), 5– 7 stonne, 6 stoan(e, steane, 6–7 Sc. stain(e, 7 Sc., 8–9 dial. stean, 4– stone. [Common Teut.: OE. stán str. masc. corresponds to OFr...
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