| slovo | definícia |
haemulon
(wn) | Haemulon
n 1: type genus of the Haemulidae [syn: Haemulon, {genus
Haemulon}] |
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Haemulon aurolineatus
(gcide) | Grunt \Grunt\ (gr[u^]nt), n.
1. A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of American food
fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers,
as, the black grunt (Haemulon Plumieri), and the
redmouth grunt (Haemulon aurolineatus), of the Southern
United States; -- also applied to allied species of the
genera Pomadasys, Orthopristis, and Pristopoma.
Called also pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; --
so called from the noise it makes when taken.
[1913 Webster]
3. A U. S. infantryman; -- used especially of those fighting
in the war in Vietnam. [slang]
[PJC] |
Haemulon melanurum
(gcide) | cottonwick \cottonwick\ n.
a type of grunt (Haemulon melanurum) of warm Atlantic
waters.
Syn: Haemulon melanurum.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Haemulon Plumieri
(gcide) | Grunt \Grunt\ (gr[u^]nt), n.
1. A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of American food
fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers,
as, the black grunt (Haemulon Plumieri), and the
redmouth grunt (Haemulon aurolineatus), of the Southern
United States; -- also applied to allied species of the
genera Pomadasys, Orthopristis, and Pristopoma.
Called also pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; --
so called from the noise it makes when taken.
[1913 Webster]
3. A U. S. infantryman; -- used especially of those fighting
in the war in Vietnam. [slang]
[PJC] |
Haemulon rimator
(gcide) | Tomtate \Tom"tate\, n.
A Florida and West Indian grunt (Bathystoma rimator or
Haemulon rimator); also, any of various allied species.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
genus haemulon
(wn) | genus Haemulon
n 1: type genus of the Haemulidae [syn: Haemulon, {genus
Haemulon}] |
haemulon album
(wn) | Haemulon album
n 1: a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to
Brazil [syn: margate, Haemulon album] |
haemulon aurolineatum
(wn) | Haemulon aurolineatum
n 1: found off the West Indies and Florida [syn: tomtate,
Haemulon aurolineatum] |
haemulon macrostomum
(wn) | Haemulon macrostomum
n 1: a kind of grunt [syn: Spanish grunt, {Haemulon
macrostomum}] |
haemulon malanurum
(wn) | Haemulon malanurum
n 1: of warm Atlantic waters [syn: cottonwick, {Haemulon
malanurum}] |
haemulon parra
(wn) | Haemulon parra
n 1: a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico
[syn: sailor's-choice, sailors choice, {Haemulon
parra}] |
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