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balistes
(wn) | Balistes
n 1: type genus of the Balistidae [syn: Balistes, {genus
Balistes}] |
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Balistes capriscus
(gcide) | Trigger \Trig"ger\, n. [For older tricker, from D. trekker, fr.
trekken to draw, pull. See Trick, n.]
1. A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
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2. (Mech.) A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a
catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially
(Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the
finger to release the cock and discharge the piece.
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Trigger fish (Zool.), a large plectognath fish ({Balistes
Carolinensis} or Balistes capriscus) common on the
southern coast of the United States, and valued as a food
fish in some localities. Its rough skin is used for
scouring and polishing in the place of sandpaper. Called
also leather jacket, and turbot.
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Balistes Carolinensis
(gcide) | Leather \Leath"er\ (l[e^][th]"[~e]r), n. [OE. lether, AS.
le[eth]er; akin to D. leder, le[^e]r, G. leder, OHG. ledar,
Icel. le[eth]r, Sw. l[aum]der, Dan. l[ae]der.]
1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, with the
hair removed, and tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for
use; also, dressed hides, collectively.
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2. The skin. [Ironical or Sportive]
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Note: Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made
of, relating to, or like, leather.
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Leather board, an imitation of sole leather, made of
leather scraps, rags, paper, etc.
Leather carp (Zool.), a variety of carp in which the scales
are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under Carp.
Leather jacket. (Zool.)
(a) A California carangoid fish (Oligoplites saurus).
(b) A trigger fish (Balistes Carolinensis).
Leather flower (Bot.), a climbing plant (Clematis Viorna)
of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery
sepals of a purplish color.
Leather leaf (Bot.), a low shrub (Cassandra calyculata),
growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen,
coriaceous, scurfy leaves.
Leather plant (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the
composite genus Celmisia, which have white or buff
tomentose leaves.
Leather turtle. (Zool.) See Leatherback.
Vegetable leather.
(a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste.
(b) Linen cloth coated with India rubber. --Ure.
[1913 Webster]Trigger \Trig"ger\, n. [For older tricker, from D. trekker, fr.
trekken to draw, pull. See Trick, n.]
1. A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
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2. (Mech.) A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a
catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially
(Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the
finger to release the cock and discharge the piece.
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Trigger fish (Zool.), a large plectognath fish ({Balistes
Carolinensis} or Balistes capriscus) common on the
southern coast of the United States, and valued as a food
fish in some localities. Its rough skin is used for
scouring and polishing in the place of sandpaper. Called
also leather jacket, and turbot.
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Balistes vetula
(gcide) | oldwife \oldwife\ n.
1. (Zool.) The local name of various fishes, as the European
black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus), the American
alewife, etc.
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2. (Zool.) A tropical Atlantic fish (Bessy cerca). [WordNet
sense 1]
Syn: queen triggerfish, Bessy cerca, oldwench, {Balistes
vetula}.
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3. (Zool.) A common long-tailed sea duck ({Clangula
hyemalis}) of the northern parts of the US; also called
old squaw. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: old squaw, Clangula hyemalis.
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balistes vetula
(wn) | Balistes vetula
n 1: tropical Atlantic fish [syn: queen triggerfish, {Bessy
cerca}, oldwench, oldwife, Balistes vetula] |
genus balistes
(wn) | genus Balistes
n 1: type genus of the Balistidae [syn: Balistes, {genus
Balistes}] |
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