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noun- A California fish (Hemilepidotus spinosus), allied to the sculpin.
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| callop |
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noun
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an Australian freshwater fish, Macquaria ambigua; the golden perch or yellowbelly
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| cardinal tetra |
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noun
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a freshwater fish, of the family Characidae, native to rivers in South America, popular as an aquarium fish
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| carp |
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noun (plural: or carps)
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Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, especially the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.
verb
- To complain about a fault; to harp on.
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| catadromous |
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adjective (wikipedia, fish migration)
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(context, of a migratory fish) that lives in fresh water and breeds in the sea
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| catfish |
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noun (pl=catfish, pl2=catfishes)
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Any fish of the order Siluriformes, that are mainly found in freshwater, have no scales and with barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
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| caudal fin |
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noun
- The tail fin of a fish and other aquatic vertebrates.
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| Chimaera |
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(greekmyth): Fantastical monster in Lycea with the head of a lion, goat and serpent which vomited fire. Killed by the hero Bellerophon.
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| Chinook |
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proper noun
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(uncountable) A Native American language of the Penutian family of Oregon and Washington.
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| chub |
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noun
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A species of freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae or carp family.
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| chum |
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noun
- A friend; a pal.
I ran into an old from school the other day.
- A roommate.
verb (chum, m, ed)
- To make friends with; to socialize.
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1902 Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=text&offset=171546995&textreg=1&query=chummed&id=ConDark
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:"I was not surprised to see somebody sitting aft, on the deck, with his legs dangling over the mud. You see I rather chummed with the few mechanics there were in that station, whom the other pilgrims naturally despised -- on account of their imperfect manners, I suppose. This was the foreman -- a boiler-maker by trade -- a good worker...
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1902 Ernest William Hornung, The Amateur Cracksman http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=362005073&tag=Hornung,+Ernest+William:+The+Amateur+Cracksman,+1902&query=chummed&id=HorAmat
- :"You'll make yourself disliked on board!"
- :"By von Heumann merely."
- :"But is that wise when he's the man we've got to diddle?"
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:"The wisest thing I ever did. To have chummed up with him would have been fatal -- the common dodge."
- To room together.
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1899 Clyde Bowman Furst, A Group of Old Authors http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC00501560&id=qTQ1ql-_PGIC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=chummed&as_brr=1
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:Henry Wotton and John Donne began to be friends when, as boys, they chummed together at Oxford, where Donne had gone at the age of twelve years.
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| cichlid |
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noun (pluralcichlids)
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Any of many tropical fish, of the family Cichlidae, popular as aquarium fish.
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| cisco |
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Any North American freshwater fish of the genus Coregonus or Leucichthys that live in cold water lakes
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| clingfish |
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noun (pluralorclingfishes)
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A small marine fish of the family Gobiesocidae which has a sucking disc on its underside that it uses to cling to rocks and seaweed.
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| coalfish |
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noun
- any of several blackish fish, especially the pollack or sablefish
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| cockscomb |
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noun
- The fleshy red crest of a rooster
- A red cap once worn by court jesters
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An annual garden plant, Celosia cristata, having showy red clusters of flowers
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(archaic) A conceited dandy
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(nautical) A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed
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| codfish |
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(countable) A cod (the fish).
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(uncountable) The flesh of the cod as food.
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| coelacanth |
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A species of deep-water fish of the Indian ocean, Latimeria chalumnae, thought until 1938 to have been extinct for 70 million years.
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| coho |
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An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Onchorynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean. It is used as a symbol by several Native American tribes
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| coney |
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noun- A rabbit, especially the European rabbit (Lepus cuniculus).
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| cracker |
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noun
- A dry, thin, crispy, and usually salty or savory biscuit.
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A short piece of twisted string tied to the end of a whip that creates the distinctive sound when the whip is thrown or cracked.
- A firecracker.
- A person or thing that crack, cracks, or that cracks a thing (e.g. whip cracker; nutcracker).
- A Christmas cracker
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Refinery equipment used to pyrolyse organic feedstocks. If catalyst is used to aid pyrolysis it is informally called a cat-cracker
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(chiefly, UK) A fine thing or person (crackerjack).
She's an absolute ! The show was a !
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(computing) A person who cracks, (i.e. overcomes) computer software or security restrictions to enable unrestricted use or for malicious purpose.
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| crappie |
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noun (crappie)
- A member of either of two related North American sunfish species. Both are silvery-white with black speckles, and prized as gamefish.
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| cycloid |
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noun (pluralcycloids)
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(geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line.
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(zoology) A fish having cycloid scales.
adjective
- resemble, Resembling a circle; cycloidal.
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(zoology) (of fish scales) Thin and rounded, with smooth edges.
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| cyclostome |
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noun
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any of various primitive jawless fish, of the class Petromyzontida, such as the lamprey or hagfish
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