'Scomberesox saurus' definitions:
Definition of 'Scomberesox saurus'
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Definition of 'Scomberesox saurus'
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- Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. Sauries. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.) A slender marine fish (Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scomberesox saurus'
From: GCIDE
- Skipper \Skip"per\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, skips. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A young, thoughtless person. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) The saury (Scomberesox saurus). [1913 Webster]
- 4. The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scomberesox saurus'
From: GCIDE
- Billfish \Bill"fish`\ (b[i^]l"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.) A name applied to several distinct fishes: (a) The garfish (Tylosurus longirostris, or {Belone longirostris}) and allied species. (b) The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus). (c) The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish. (d) The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus). [1913 Webster]