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Gobio (gcide) | Gobio \Gobio\ n.
A genus of fish comprising the true gudgeons.
Syn: genus Gobio.
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gobio (wn) | Gobio
n 1: true gudgeons [syn: Gobio, genus Gobio] |
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oligobiogenic element (encz) | oligobiogenic element,oligobiogenní prvek [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
oligobiogenní prvek (czen) | oligobiogenní prvek,oligobiogenic element[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
pelagobiocyklus (czen) | pelagobiocyklus,pelagic biocycle[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Gobio fluviatilis (gcide) | Gudgeon \Gud"geon\ (g[u^]j"[u^]n), n. [OE. gojon, F. goujon,
from L. gobio, or gobius, Gr. kwbio`s Cf. 1st Goby. ]
1. (Zool.) A small European freshwater fish ({Gobio
fluviatilis}), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and
often used for food and for bait. In America the
killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons.
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2. What may be got without skill or merit.
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Fish not, with this melancholy bait,
For this fool gudgeon, this opinion. --Shak.
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3. A person easily duped or cheated. --Swift.
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4. (Mach.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden
shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal,
or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge,
but esp. the end journal of a horizontal.
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6. (Naut.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to
receive the pintle of the rudder.
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Ball gudgeon. See under Ball.
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Gobioid (gcide) | Gobioid \Go"bi*oid\, a. [NL. Gobius + -oid.] (Zool.)
Like, or pertaining to, the goby, or the genus Gobius. --
n. A gobioid fish.
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Gobionellus oceanicus (gcide) | Emerald \Em"er*ald\, a.
Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald. "Emerald
meadows." --Byron.
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Emerald fish (Zo["o]l.), a fish of the Gulf of Mexico
(Gobionellus oceanicus), remarkable for the brilliant
green and blue color of the base of the tongue; -- whence
the name; -- called also esmeralda.
Emerald green, a very durable pigment, of a vivid light
green color, made from the arseniate of copper; green
bice; Scheele's green; -- also used adjectively; as,
emerald green crystals.
Emerald Isle, a name given to Ireland on account of the
brightness of its verdure.
Emerald spodumene, or Lithia emerald. (Min.) See
Hiddenite.
Emerald nickel. (Min.) See Zaratite.
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Uranidea gobio (gcide) | Miller \Mill"er\ (m[i^]l"[~e]r), n.
1. One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill.
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2. A milling machine.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) A moth or lepidopterous insect; -- so called because
the wings appear as if covered with white dust or
powder, like a miller's clothes. Called also {moth
miller}.
(b) The eagle ray.
(c) The hen harrier. [Prov. Eng.]
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Miller's thumb. (Zool.)
(a) A small fresh-water fish of the genus Uranidea
(formerly Cottus), as the European species
(Uranidea gobio), and the American ({Uranidea
gracilis}); -- called also bullhead.
(b) A small bird, as the gold-crest, chiff-chaff, and
long-tailed tit. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Bullhead \Bull"head`\, n.
1. (Zool.)
(a) A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus
Uranidea, esp. Uranidea gobio of Europe, and
Uranidea Richardsoni of the United States; -- called
also miller's thumb.
(b) In America, several species of Amiurus; -- called
also catfish, horned pout, and bullpout.
(c) A marine fish of the genus Cottus; the sculpin.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) The black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); --
called also beetlehead.
(b) The golden plover.
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3. A stupid fellow; a lubber. [Colloq.] --Jonson.
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4. (Zool.) A small black water insect. --E. Phillips.
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Bullhead whiting (Zool.), the kingfish of Florida
(Menticirrus alburnus).
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genus gobio (wn) | genus Gobio
n 1: true gudgeons [syn: Gobio, genus Gobio] |
gobio (wn) | Gobio
n 1: true gudgeons [syn: Gobio, genus Gobio] |
gobio gobio (wn) | Gobio gobio
n 1: small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait
by anglers [syn: gudgeon, Gobio gobio] |
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