Eelpout

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various bottom-dwelling marine fishes of the family Zoarcidae, having an elongated body and a large head.
  • n. See burbot.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any fish of the family Zoarcidae.
  • n. A yellow flower of uncertain type, possibly the eel-ware.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A European fish (Zoarces viviparus), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also greenbone, guffer, bard, and Maroona eel. Also, an American species (Z. anguillaris), -- called also mutton fish, and, erroneously, congo eel, ling, and lamper eel. Both are edible, but of little value.
  • n. A fresh-water fish, the burbot.
  • n. See Eelpout.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The conger-eel or lamper-eel, Zoarces anguillaris, of North America. See lamper-eel.
  • n. A local English name of the eel-mother or viviparous blenny, Zoarces viviparus.
  • n. A local English name of the burbot, Lota vulgaris.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
  • n. marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cod    codfish   
    Cross Reference
    Wikipedia article on eelpouts   
    Variant
    greenbone    guffer    bard    maroona eel    muttonfish    Congo eel    ling    lamper eel   
    Form
    viviparous eelpout   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dogfish    unernak    fish doctor    slipskin   
     
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