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cowfish
(encz) | cowfish, n: |
cowfish
(gcide) | Grampus \Gram"pus\, n.; pl. Grampuses. [Probably corrupted
from It. gran pesce great fish, or Sp. gran pez, or Pg. gran
peixe, all fr. L. grandis piscis. See Grand, and Fish.
the animal.]
1. (Zool.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus
Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which
is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty
feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called
also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii.
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2. A kind of tongs used in a bloomery. [U.S.] Granade |
Cowfish
(gcide) | Cowfish \Cow"fish`\ (kou"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
(a) The grampus.
(b) A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii).
(c) A marine plectognath fish (Ostracoin quadricorne, and
allied species), having two projections, like horns, in
front; -- called also cuckold, coffer fish,
trunkfish.
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cowfish
(wn) | cowfish
n 1: trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes [syn:
cowfish, Lactophrys quadricornis] |
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Cowfish
(gcide) | Grampus \Gram"pus\, n.; pl. Grampuses. [Probably corrupted
from It. gran pesce great fish, or Sp. gran pez, or Pg. gran
peixe, all fr. L. grandis piscis. See Grand, and Fish.
the animal.]
1. (Zool.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus
Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which
is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty
feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called
also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii.
[1913 Webster]
2. A kind of tongs used in a bloomery. [U.S.] GranadeCowfish \Cow"fish`\ (kou"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
(a) The grampus.
(b) A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii).
(c) A marine plectognath fish (Ostracoin quadricorne, and
allied species), having two projections, like horns, in
front; -- called also cuckold, coffer fish,
trunkfish.
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