'Oligoplites saurus' definitions:

Definition of 'Oligoplites saurus'

From: GCIDE
  • Leather \Leath"er\ (l[e^][th]"[~e]r), n. [OE. lether, AS. le[eth]er; akin to D. leder, le[^e]r, G. leder, OHG. ledar, Icel. le[eth]r, Sw. l[aum]der, Dan. l[ae]der.]
  • 1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, with the hair removed, and tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The skin. [Ironical or Sportive] [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made of, relating to, or like, leather. [1913 Webster]
  • Leather board, an imitation of sole leather, made of leather scraps, rags, paper, etc.
  • Leather carp (Zool.), a variety of carp in which the scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under Carp.
  • Leather jacket. (Zool.) (a) A California carangoid fish (Oligoplites saurus). (b) A trigger fish (Balistes Carolinensis).
  • Leather flower (Bot.), a climbing plant (Clematis Viorna) of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery sepals of a purplish color.
  • Leather leaf (Bot.), a low shrub (Cassandra calyculata), growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen, coriaceous, scurfy leaves.
  • Leather plant (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the composite genus Celmisia, which have white or buff tomentose leaves.
  • Leather turtle. (Zool.) See Leatherback.
  • Vegetable leather. (a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste. (b) Linen cloth coated with India rubber. --Ure. [1913 Webster]