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sheat-fish
sheat-fish (ˈʃiːtfɪʃ) Also sheath-fish (ˈʃiːθ-), sheet-. [The earlier form sheath-fish is prob. f. sheath1, after the G. schaid(e, scheid(e masc. (now scheiden masc.; OHG. had sceida fem.), which Gesner De Piscibus (1558) regarded as cogn. w. scheide fem. sheath n., supposing that the fish was named... Oxford English Dictionary
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sheath-fish
▪ I. † sheath-fish Obs. [f. sheath1 + fish n.] The razor-fish.1602 Carew Cornwall i. 32 The Sheath, or Rasor-fish, resembles in length and bignesse a mans finger. 1603 Owen Pembrokesh. (1892) 126 Sheth or haft fishe. 1672 Phil. Trans. VII. 5022 A Sheath-fish, which is very plentiful in New-England; ... Oxford English Dictionary
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shoat-fish
shoat-fish error for sheat-fish.1705 S. Dale Pharmacol. Suppl. 341 De Siluro... The Shoat-Fish. Oxford English Dictionary
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Danube Delta
It is an environment rich in plankton, worms, molluscs, grubs, and sponges, with numerous species of fish, such as the carp, pike, pike perch, sheat-fish wikipedia.org
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Johannes Iversen
. & Iversen, J. (1942) On a find of Sheat-fish (Silurus glanis L.) from the Ancylos period in Denmark. wikipedia.org
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sheet-fish
sheet-fish variant of sheat-fish. Oxford English Dictionary
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wels
wels (wɛls, vɛls) [a. Ger. wels.] = sheat-fish.1880 A. C. L. G. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 565 The species which has given the name to the whole family is the ‘Wels’ of the Germans, Silurus glanis. 1905 D. S. Jordan Guide to Study of Fishes II. ix. 182 The huge sheatfish, or wels,..next to the ... Oxford English Dictionary
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sheath
▪ I. sheath1 (ʃiːθ) Forms: α. 1 sceǽð, scéað, 1–3 scǽð, 2–3 scaþ, 3 shæþ, seaþ, sseþe, 3, (5) seth, 4–6 s(c)hethe, 4–7, (8–9 dial.) sheth, 5 scheth, (seeth), 5–6 sheethe, Sc. scheith, 6 scheethe, sheeth, 6–7 sheathe, (7 ? mispr. skeath, 8 shearth), 6– sheath. β. 4–5 schede, 5 shede, 5–6 schete. [OE.... Oxford English Dictionary
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Silurus
Silurus Ichth. (sɪˈljʊərəs) Pl. Siluri. [a. L. silurus, a. Gr. σίλουρος. Cf. silure.] A genus of fish typical of the family Siluridæ; (also with lower-case initial) a fish belonging to this genus, esp. the sly silurus (S. glanis) or sheat-fish, one of the largest fresh-water fishes of Europe.1601 Ho... Oxford English Dictionary
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silure
silure Ichth. (sɪˈljʊə(r)) [a. F. silure, ad. L. silūrus Silurus.] A siluroid fish, esp. the sheat-fish (Silurus glanis). In Shaw's Gen. Zool. (1804) V. i. 9–27 several species are enumerated.1802–3 Pallas' Trav. (1812) I. 21 The silures and sterlets, a smaller species of sturgeon, are caught only i... Oxford English Dictionary
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shad
▪ I. shad, n. (ʃæd) Forms: 1 sceadd, 6–7 shadde, (7 shed), 7, 9 chad, 6– shad. pl. shad, also shads (? 7 shades). [OE. sceadd, of unknown origin; cf. Welsh ysgadan pl. (sing. ysgadanyn), Irish and Gaelic sgadan, herring. The LG. schade shad, herring, may be from Eng.; in Dicts. it has been confused ... Oxford English Dictionary
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whale
▪ I. whale, n. (hweɪl) Forms: 1 hwæl, 3–4 whal, wal, 4–5 wall, 4–7 whall, 5 wale, 5–6 whalle, 7 whaill, wheal, 4– whale; chiefly Sc. and north. 3 qual, 4 quale, 5 qwal, qwall(e, qwaylle, 5–6 quhail(l, 6 quhale, quhell. [OE. hwæl, corresp. to OHG., MHG. wal (G. walfisch whalefish, q.v.), ON. hvalr (S... Oxford English Dictionary
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river
▪ I. river, n.1 (ˈrɪvə(r)) Forms: α. 4 riuere, rivere, 4, 6–7 riuer, 5– river (6 Sc. -eir); 5–6 ryuere (Sc. -were), 5 -yre; 4–6 ryuer (5 -eer), ryver (6 Sc. ryuir, ryvir, rywir). β. 4–5 reuere (5 -ire), 4–6 revere (5 -yre); 4–5 reuer (5 -ir, 6 Sc. -ar), 5 revyr, 5–6 rever (5 Sc. -eir, -ar, 5–6 -ir).... Oxford English Dictionary
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