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Mangoes
(gcide) | Mango \Man"go\, n.; pl. Mangoes. [Pg. manga, fr. Tamil
m[=a]nk[=a]y.]
1. The fruit of the mango tree. It is rather larger than an
apple, and of an ovoid shape. Some varieties are fleshy
and luscious, and others tough and tasting of turpentine.
The green fruit is pickled for market.
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2. A green muskmelon stuffed and pickled.
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Mango bird (Zool.), an oriole (Oriolus kundoo), native of
India.
Mango fish (Zool.), a fish of the Ganges ({Polynemus
risua}), highly esteemed for food. It has several long,
slender filaments below the pectoral fins. It appears
about the same time with the mango fruit, in April and
May, whence the name.
Mango tree (Bot.), an .
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