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cut-lips
cut-lips (ˈkʌtlɪps) [That which is distinguished by cut or abrupt lips.] The popular name of two American fishes: a. Exoglossum maxilingua; b. The hare-lipped Sucker, Quassilabia lacera.1880 Günther Fishes 596 From the fresh waters of North America..Exoglossum (the ‘Stone Toter’ or ‘Cut-lips’.) Oxford English Dictionary
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cut
▪ I. cut, n.1 (kʌt) Also cutt, -e. [Origin and original sense uncertain. This has been usually regarded as merely a special use of cut n.2 (under which it is still treated in recent dictionaries); but to this identification two considerations are opposed. First, cut ‘the act or result of cutting’ is... Oxford English Dictionary
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