| Amber fish |
A fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Carolinensis.) |
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| Angel fish |
See under Angel. |
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| Archer fish |
A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chaetodon rostratus. |
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| Balloon fish |
A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish. |
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| Band fish |
A small red fish of the genus Cepola; the ribbon fish. |
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| Barber fish |
See Surgeon fish. |
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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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| Suleah fish |
A coarse fish of India, used in making a breakfast relish called burtah. |
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| Tobias fish |
The lant, or sand eel. |
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| Bur fish |
A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish. |
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| Coral fish |
Any bright-colored fish of the genera Chaetodon, Pomacentrus, Apogon, and related genera, which live among reef corals. |
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| -fish |
of Crayfish |
pl. |
| Fish-bellied |
Bellying or swelling out on the under side; as, a fish-bellied rail. |
a. |
| Fish-block |
See Fish-tackle. |
n. |
| Fish-tackle |
A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block. |
n. |
| Fish-tail |
Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish. |
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| Fly-fish |
To angle, using flies for bait. |
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| Flying fish |
A fish which is able to leap from the water, and 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 found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. |
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| Half-fish |
A salmon in its fifth year of growth. |
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| Lance fish |
A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast; -- called also sand lance. |
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