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toad-fish
toad-fish (ˈtəʊdfɪʃ) A name applied, from their appearance, to several distinct fishes; esp. a. A swell-fish, or puffer, spec. Tetrodon turgidus, the common puffer of the Atlantic coast of the United States; also, a fish belonging to any of numerous other species of the family Tetraodontidæ, many of... Oxford English Dictionary
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toado
toado Austral. (ˈtəʊdəʊ) [f. toad-fish + -o2.] A poisonous puffer-fish of the family Tetraodontidæ.1943 G. P. Whitley in Bull. Council Sci. & Industrial Res. (Australia) CLIX. 8 Australia alone has more than 30 different species of Toadoes. 1953 Copeia I. 32/2 The terms ‘tetrodon’, fugu, globefish, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Cornelia Clapp
"Some points in the development of the Toad-fish (Batrachus tau)". Journal of Morphology. 5 (3): 494–501. Clapp, Cornelia M. (1898). wikipedia.org
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frog-fish
frog-fish A name given to various fishes, esp. to the Angler or Fishing-frog (Lophius piscatorius). Other varieties belong to the genera Batrachus and Chironectes.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxiv. 169 The..Frog-fish. 1769 Pennant Zool. (1776) III. 105 Toad-fish, Frog-fish, or Sea-Devil. 1835–... Oxford English Dictionary
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blaasop
‖ blaasop S. Afr. (blɑːˈsɒp) [Afrikaans, f. blaas to blow + op up.] A puff-fish: see puff n. 9 b.[1853 L. Pappe Edible Fishes Cape Good Hope 8 This fish (Blaasopvisch; Balloonfish; Toadfish) is never found in Table Bay, but is very common in the bays to the east of it.] 1902 J. D. F. Gilchrist in Tr... Oxford English Dictionary
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sarpo
sarpo (ˈsɑːpəʊ) Also 8 sarpoe, 9 sapo. [a. Sp. sapo, lit. ‘large toad’.] (See quots.)1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Sarpoe, a name given to the fish called by authors salpa. 1884 Goode, etc. Nat. Hist. Aquatic Anim. 251 A form [of the Toad-fish] found only in the Gulf, Batrachus pardus..is known to the ... Oxford English Dictionary
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angler
▪ I. angler1 (ˈæŋglə(r)) [f. angle v.1 + -er1.] 1. a. One who angles or fishes with a hook and line.1552 Huloet, Angler or fysher with an angle, Hamota. 1597 Bp. Hall Sat. v, Seest thou the wary angler trayle along His feeble line? 1653 Walton Angler 8 The Primitive Christians..were (as most Anglers... Oxford English Dictionary
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porgy
porgy (ˈpɔːgɪ) Also 8 pargie, porgie, 9 porgee, -ghee. See also paugie. [Of obscure and app. various origin; in part = porgo, pargo; in part = paugie, q.v.; also corruptly for pogy, q.v. Much vagueness appears to prevail in the use of the name.] 1. A name in U.S. applied, with or without distinctive... Oxford English Dictionary
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Hua-Fish A flying snake/fish that foretells drought. Hui A swift-moving dog with a human head, which laughs maliciously. Strong Toad Distinguished from other toads by its turtle-like shell, the Strong Toad glows like a firefly, cannot be killed except by burning, and can wikipedia.org
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sea-devil
ˈsea-ˌdevil 1. A devil supposed to inhabit the sea.c 1594 Capt. Wyatt R. Dudley's Voy. W. Ind. (Hakl.) 14, I thinke wee weare haunted with some divelish witches, or at least with some sea divells. a 1711 Ken Edmund Poet. Wks. 1721 II. 23 The Sea-Devil, Dagon. 1891 Kipling Light that Failed viii. (19... Oxford English Dictionary
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taubator
▪ I. tau (tɔː, taʊ) Also 4, 6 taue, 4 tav, 4–8 taw, 5 tayu, tayewe. [a. Gr. ταῦ, name of the letter T in the Greek alphabet, as in the Semitic whence the Greek was derived: see T, the letter.] 1. The name of the letter T in the Greek, Hebrew, and ancient Semitic alphabets. Often in the sense ‘last l... Oxford English Dictionary
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puffer
puffer (ˈpʌfə(r)) [f. puff v. + -er1.] One who or that which puffs. 1. a. A person or thing that blows in short abrupt blasts, or emits puffs of smoke, steam, etc.: as a tobacco-smoker, a steam-engine or steamboat, etc. Also, spec. (chiefly Sc.) a small steamboat used for carrying cargo in coastal w... Oxford English Dictionary
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oyster
oyster, n. (ˈɔɪstə(r)) Forms: 4–5 oystre, -ere, 4–6 oistre, (4 hoister, -re), 5 oystur, -yr, (hoystyr, -er), 6–8 oister, 4– oyster; also 4–5 ostre, 5 ostur, -yr, oestre, 6 oster. [ME. a. OF. oistre, uistre, huistre, mod.F. huître = Pr., Sp., Pg. ostra, obs. It. ostrea, ad. L. ostrea fem., beside ost... Oxford English Dictionary
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singing
▪ I. singing, vbl. n. (ˈsɪŋɪŋ) Also 4–6 syngyng(e, 5 cyngynge, etc. [f. sing v.1 + -ing1.] 1. a. The action of the verb; chanting; also, matter suitable for singing.a 1300 Cursor M. 20587 Omang þat singing and þat gleu Our leuedi hir sun ihesu knew. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xi. 145, I [was] saued, as ȝ... Oxford English Dictionary
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pocket
▪ I. pocket, n. (ˈpɒkɪt) Forms: 4–6 poket, 5 -ett, 5–8 pockett, 6 -ette, (pokit, 7 poccet), 6– pocket. [ME. poket, a. Anglo-Norman pokete (13th c. Godef.), mod.Norman dial. pouquette, dim. of ONF. poke, poque, pouque = F. poche, whence dim. pochette: see poke n.1, pouch n. OF. had also a masc. form ... Oxford English Dictionary
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