'Greenbone' definitions:
Definition of 'Greenbone'
From: GCIDE
- Greenbone \Green"bone\, n. [So named because the bones are green when boiled.] (Zool.) (a) Any garfish (Belone or Tylosurus). (b) The European eelpout. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'greenbone'
From: GCIDE
- Eelpout \Eel"pout`\, n. [AS. ?lepute.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) 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. (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'greenbone'
From: GCIDE
- Garfish \Gar"fish`\, n. [See Gar, n.] (Zool.) (a) A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike. (b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T. Caribb[ae]us, a very large species, and T. crassus, are more southern; -- called also needlefish. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species. [1913 Webster]