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Lagodon rhomboides (gcide) | Sailor \Sail"or\, n.
One who follows the business of navigating ships or other
vessels; one who understands the practical management of
ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common
seaman.
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Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
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Sailor's choice. (Zool.)
(a) An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus rhomboides,
syn. Lagodon rhomboides) of the Southern United States;
-- called also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail,
and salt-water bream.
(b) A species of grunt (Orthopristis chrysopterus syn.
Pomadasys chrysopterus), an excellent food fish common
on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called
also hogfish, and pigfish.
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Lagodon rhomboides (gcide) | Pinfish \Pin"fish`\, n. [So called from their sharp dorsal
spines.] (Zool.)
(a) The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides syn. {Lagodon
rhomboides}).
(b) The salt-water bream (Diplodus Holbrooki).
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Note: Both are excellent food fishes, common on the coast of
the United States south of Cape Hatteras. The name is
also applied to other allied species.
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lagodon rhomboides (wn) | Lagodon rhomboides
n 1: similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays
along the southeastern coast of the United States [syn:
pinfish, sailor's-choice, squirrelfish, {Lagodon
rhomboides}] |
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Lagodon rhomboides (gcide) | Sailor \Sail"or\, n.
One who follows the business of navigating ships or other
vessels; one who understands the practical management of
ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common
seaman.
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Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
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Sailor's choice. (Zool.)
(a) An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus rhomboides,
syn. Lagodon rhomboides) of the Southern United States;
-- called also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail,
and salt-water bream.
(b) A species of grunt (Orthopristis chrysopterus syn.
Pomadasys chrysopterus), an excellent food fish common
on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called
also hogfish, and pigfish.
[1913 Webster]Pinfish \Pin"fish`\, n. [So called from their sharp dorsal
spines.] (Zool.)
(a) The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides syn. {Lagodon
rhomboides}).
(b) The salt-water bream (Diplodus Holbrooki).
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Note: Both are excellent food fishes, common on the coast of
the United States south of Cape Hatteras. The name is
also applied to other allied species.
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