Amber fish () A fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Carolinensis.) |
Angel fish () See under Angel. |
Archer fish () A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies |
Balloon fish () A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish. |
Band fish () A small red fish of the genus Cepola |
Barber fish () See Surgeon fish. |
Bellows fish () A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows |
Bone (n.) The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine |
Bone (n.) One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton |
Bone (n.) Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace. |
Bone (n.) Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music. |
Bone (n.) Dice. |
Bone (n.) Whalebone |
Bone (n.) Fig.: The framework of anything. |
Bone (v. t.) To withdraw bones from the flesh of, as in cookery. |
Bone (v. t.) To put whalebone into |
Bone (v. t.) To fertilize with bone. |
Bone (v. t.) To steal |
Bone (v. t.) To sight along an object or set of objects, to see if it or they be level or in line, as in carpentry, masonry, and surveying. |
Bur fish () A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur |
Cannon bone () See Canon Bone. |
Canon bone () The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse. |
Collar bone () The clavicle. |
Coral fish () Any bright-colored fish of the genera Chaetodon, Pomacentrus, Apogon, and related genera, which live among reef corals. |
-fish (pl. ) of Crayfish |
Cuttle bone () The shell or bone of cuttlefishes, used for various purposes, as for making polishing powder, etc. |
Fish (n.) A counter, used in various games. |
Fish (pl. ) of Fish |
Fish (n.) A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water. |
Fish (n.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See Pisces. |
Fish (n.) The twelfth sign of the zodiac |
Fish (n.) The flesh of fish, used as food. |
Fish (n.) A purchase used to fish the anchor. |
Fish (n.) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard. |
Fish (v. i.) To attempt to catch fish |
Fish (v. i.) To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth |
Fish (v. t.) To catch |
Fish (v. t.) To search by raking or sweeping. |
Fish (v. t.) To try with a fishing rod |
Fish (v. t.) To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to the beam, mast, or timbers, lengthwise on one or both sides. See Fish joint, under Fish, n. |
Fish-bellied (a.) Bellying or swelling out on the under side |
Fish-block (n.) See Fish-tackle. |
Fish-tackle (n.) A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block. |
Fish-tail (a.) Like the of a fish |
Fly-fish (v. i.) To angle, using flies for bait. |
Flying fish () A fish which is able to leap from the water, and fly a considerable distance by means of its large and long pectoral fins. These fishes belong to several species of the genus Exocoetus, and are found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. |
Half-fish (n.) A salmon in its fifth year of growth. |
Lance fish () A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast |
Margate fish () A sparoid fish (Diabasis aurolineatus) of the Gulf of Mexico, esteemed as a food fish |
Napier's bones () Alt. of Napier's rods |