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wrasse
(encz) | wrasse,ryba pyskoun n: [zoo.] Zdeněk Brož |
Wrasse
(gcide) | Wrasse \Wrasse\, n. [W. gwrachen.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of
the genus Labrus, of which several species are found in the
Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of
the species are bright-colored.
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Note: Among the European species are the ballan wrasse
(Labrus maculatus), the streaked wrasse ({Labrus
lineatus}), the red wrasse (Labrus mixtus), the
comber wrasse (Labrus comber), the blue-striped, or
cook, wrasse (see Peacock fish, under Peacock), the
rainbow wrasse (Labrus vulgaris), and the seawife.
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wrasse
(wn) | wrasse
n 1: chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and
powerful teeth; usually brightly colored |
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wrasse
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cook wrasse
(gcide) | Peacock \Pea"cock`\ (p[=e]"k[o^]k`), n. [OE. pecok. Pea- in this
word is from AS. pe['a], p[=a]wa, peacock, fr. L. pavo, prob.
of Oriental origin; cf. Gr. taw`s, taw^s, Per. t[=a]us,
t[=a]wus, Ar. t[=a]w[=u]s. See Cock the bird.]
1. (Zool.) The male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of
which at least two species are known, native of Southern
Asia and the East Indies.
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Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of
erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by
concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden
colors. The common domesticated species is {Pavo
cristatus}. The Javan peacock (Pavo muticus) is more
brilliantly colored than the common species.
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2. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a
peafowl.
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Peacock butterfly (Zool.), a handsome European butterfly
(Hamadryas Io) having ocelli like those of peacock.
Peacock fish (Zool.), the European blue-striped wrasse
(Labrus variegatus); -- so called on account of its
brilliant colors. Called also cook wrasse and cook.
Peacock pheasant (Zool.), any one of several species of
handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus Polyplectron.
They resemble the peacock in color.
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Parrot wrasse
(gcide) | Parrot \Par"rot\ (p[a^]r"r[u^]t), n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim.
of Pierre Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow.
Cf. Paroquet, Petrel, Petrify.]
1. (Zool.) In a general sense, any bird of the order
Psittaci.
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2. (Zool.) Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus,
and other genera of the family Psittacid[ae], as
distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories.
They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked
space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako ({Psittacus
erithacus}) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of
Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, are
examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to
imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases.
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Carolina parrot (Zool.), the Carolina parrakeet. See
Parrakeet.
Night parrot, or Owl parrot. (Zool.) See Kakapo.
Parrot coal, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling
and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.]
Parrot green. (Chem.) See Scheele's green, under Green,
n.
Parrot weed (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant ({Bocconia
frutescens}) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer
parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid
leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers.
Parrot wrasse, Parrot fish (Zool.), any fish of the genus
Scarus. One species (Scarus Cretensis), found in the
Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly
prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
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Rainbow wrasse
(gcide) | Rainbow \Rain"bow`\ (r[=a]n"b[=o]`), n. [AS. regenboga, akin to
G. regenbogen. See Rain, and Bow anything bent.]
A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several
colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the
hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and
reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain.
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Note: Besides the ordinary bow, called also primary rainbow,
which is formed by two refractions and one reflection,
there is also another often seen exterior to it, called
the secondary rainbow, concentric with the first, and
separated from it by a small interval. It is formed by
two refractions and two reflections, is much fainter
than the primary bow, and has its colors arranged in
the reverse order from those of the latter.
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Lunar rainbow, a fainter arch or rainbow, formed by the
moon.
Marine rainbow, Sea bow, a similar bow seen in the spray
of waves at sea.
Rainbow trout (Zool.), a bright-colored trout ({Salmo
irideus}), native of the mountains of California, but now
extensively introduced into the Eastern States, Japan, and
other countries; -- called also brook trout, {mountain
trout}, and golden trout.
Rainbow wrasse. (Zool.) See under Wrasse.
Supernumerary rainbow, a smaller bow, usually of red and
green colors only, sometimes seen within the primary or
without the secondary rainbow, and in contact with them.
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wrasse
(wn) | wrasse
n 1: chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and
powerful teeth; usually brightly colored |
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