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Esox
(gcide) | Esox \E"sox\, prop. n. [L., a kind of pike.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of fresh-water fishes, including pike and pickerel.
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esox
(wn) | Esox
n 1: type and only genus of the family Esocidae [syn: Esox,
genus Esox] |
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desoxyribonucleic acid
(encz) | desoxyribonucleic acid, n: |
desoxyribonucleic acid (dna)
(encz) | desoxyribonucleic acid (DNA),dezoxyribonukleová kyselina
DNA [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačdesoxyribonucleic acid (DNA),DNA dezoxyribonukleová kyselina
(angl.) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačdesoxyribonucleic acid (DNA),DNS dezoxyribonukleová kyselina
(něm.) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Desoxalic
(gcide) | Desoxalic \Des`ox*al"ic\, a. [F. pref. des- from + E. oxalic.]
(Chem.)
Made or derived from oxalic acid; as, desoxalic acid.
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desoxyribonucleic acid
(gcide) | desoxyribonucleic acid \desoxyribonucleic acid\ n.
same as deoxyribonucleic acid.
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Esox Americanus
(gcide) | Pickerel \Pick"er*el\, n. [Dim. of Pike.] [Written also
pickerell.]
1. A young or small pike. [Obs.]
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Bet [better] is, quoth he, a pike than a pickerel.
--Chaucer.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the
genus Esox, esp. the smaller species.
(b) The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye.
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Note: The federation, or chain, pickerel (Esox reticulatus)
and the brook pickerel (Esox Americanus) are the most
common American species. They are used for food, and
are noted for their voracity. About the Great Lakes the
pike is called pickerel.
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Pickerel weed (Bot.), a blue-flowered aquatic plant
(Pontederia cordata) having large arrow-shaped leaves.
So called because common in slow-moving waters where
pickerel are often found.
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Esox lucius
(gcide) | Pike \Pike\, n. [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig
a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus
woodpecker (see Pie magpie), and E. spike. Cf. Pick, n. &
v., Peak, Pique.]
1. (Mil.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long
wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is
now superseded by the bayonet.
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2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a
shield or target. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.
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4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Raymond.
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5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.]
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6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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7. A turnpike; a toll bar. --Dickens.
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8. (Zool.) sing. & pl. A large fresh-water fish ({Esox
lucius}), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a
food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and
jack.
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Note: Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and
yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the
wall-eye. See Wall-eye.
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Gar pike. See under Gar.
Pike perch (Zool.), any fresh-water fish of the genus
Stizostedion (formerly Lucioperca). See Wall-eye,
and Sauger.
Pike pole, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in
directing floating logs.
Pike whale (Zool.), a finback whale of the North Atlantic
(Bal[ae]noptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; --
called also piked whale.
Sand pike (Zool.), the lizard fish.
Sea pike (Zool.), the garfish
(a) .
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Esox masquinongy
(gcide) | Muskellunge \Mus"kel*lunge\, n. [From the Amer. Indian name.]
(Zool.)
A large American pike (Esox masquinongy formerly {Esox
nobilior}) found in the Great Lakes, and other Northern
lakes, and in the St. Lawrence River. It is valued as a food
fish. [Written also maskallonge, maskalonge,
maskinonge, muskallonge, muskellonge, and
muskelunjeh.]
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Esox nobilior
(gcide) | Muskellunge \Mus"kel*lunge\, n. [From the Amer. Indian name.]
(Zool.)
A large American pike (Esox masquinongy formerly {Esox
nobilior}) found in the Great Lakes, and other Northern
lakes, and in the St. Lawrence River. It is valued as a food
fish. [Written also maskallonge, maskalonge,
maskinonge, muskallonge, muskellonge, and
muskelunjeh.]
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Esox reticulatus
(gcide) | Pickerel \Pick"er*el\, n. [Dim. of Pike.] [Written also
pickerell.]
1. A young or small pike. [Obs.]
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Bet [better] is, quoth he, a pike than a pickerel.
--Chaucer.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the
genus Esox, esp. the smaller species.
(b) The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye.
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Note: The federation, or chain, pickerel (Esox reticulatus)
and the brook pickerel (Esox Americanus) are the most
common American species. They are used for food, and
are noted for their voracity. About the Great Lakes the
pike is called pickerel.
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Pickerel weed (Bot.), a blue-flowered aquatic plant
(Pontederia cordata) having large arrow-shaped leaves.
So called because common in slow-moving waters where
pickerel are often found.
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Mesoxalate
(gcide) | Mesoxalate \Mes*ox"a*late\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of mesoxalic acid.
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Mesoxalic
(gcide) | Mesoxalic \Mes`ox*al"ic\, a. [Mes- + oxalic.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, CH2O2(CO2H)2,
obtained from amido malonic acid.
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Scomberesox saurus
(gcide) | Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. Sauries. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.)
A slender marine fish (Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and
America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also
billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack,
skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring.
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1. One who, or that which, skips.
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2. A young, thoughtless person. --Shak.
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3. (Zool.) The saury (Scomberesox saurus).
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4. The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
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5. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies
of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their
peculiar short, jerking flight.
[1913 Webster]Billfish \Bill"fish`\ (b[i^]l"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
A name applied to several distinct fishes:
(a) The garfish (Tylosurus longirostris, or {Belone
longirostris}) and allied species.
(b) The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast
(Scomberesox saurus).
(c) The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species
related to the swordfish; the spearfish.
(d) The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus).
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desoxyribonucleic acid
(wn) | desoxyribonucleic acid
n 1: (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus
of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a
double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic
information; "DNA is the king of molecules" [syn:
deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA] |
esox
(wn) | Esox
n 1: type and only genus of the family Esocidae [syn: Esox,
genus Esox] |
esox americanus
(wn) | Esox americanus
n 1: small but gamy pickerel of Atlantic coastal states [syn:
redfin pickerel, barred pickerel, Esox americanus] |
esox lucius
(wn) | Esox lucius
n 1: voracious piscivorous pike of waters of northern hemisphere
[syn: northern pike, Esox lucius] |
esox masquinongy
(wn) | Esox masquinongy
n 1: large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America [syn:
muskellunge, Esox masquinongy] |
esox niger
(wn) | Esox niger
n 1: common in quiet waters of eastern United States [syn:
chain pickerel, chain pike, Esox niger] |
genus esox
(wn) | genus Esox
n 1: type and only genus of the family Esocidae [syn: Esox,
genus Esox] |
genus gobiesox
(wn) | genus Gobiesox
n 1: type genus of the Gobiesocidae [syn: Gobiesox, {genus
Gobiesox}] |
genus scomberesox
(wn) | genus Scomberesox
n 1: a genus of Scomberesocidae [syn: Scomberesox, {genus
Scomberesox}, Scombresox, genus Scombresox] |
genus scombresox
(wn) | genus Scombresox
n 1: a genus of Scomberesocidae [syn: Scomberesox, {genus
Scomberesox}, Scombresox, genus Scombresox] |
gobiesox
(wn) | Gobiesox
n 1: type genus of the Gobiesocidae [syn: Gobiesox, {genus
Gobiesox}] |
gobiesox strumosus
(wn) | Gobiesox strumosus
n 1: clingfish with typical skillet shape [syn: skillet fish,
skilletfish, Gobiesox strumosus] |
scomberesox
(wn) | Scomberesox
n 1: a genus of Scomberesocidae [syn: Scomberesox, {genus
Scomberesox}, Scombresox, genus Scombresox] |
scomberesox saurus
(wn) | Scomberesox saurus
n 1: slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters [syn:
saury, billfish, Scomberesox saurus] |
scombresox
(wn) | Scombresox
n 1: a genus of Scomberesocidae [syn: Scomberesox, {genus
Scomberesox}, Scombresox, genus Scombresox] |
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