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noun (panfish)
- fish that are suitable for cooking in a frying pan by virtue both of size and taste; are caught primarily for eating, rather than for sport
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| pectoral |
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noun
- (Armor) Protective armor for a horse's breast.
- Quotations
- 1786: The Poitrinal, Pectoral, or Breast Plate was formed of plates of metal rivetted together, which covered the breast and shoulders of the horse, it was commonly adorned with foliage, or other ornaments engraved or embossed. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 30.
- (Armor) A covering or protecting for the breast.
- (ecclesiastical) A breastplate, esp. that worn by the Jewish high person.
- (ecclesiastical) A clasp or a cross worn on the breast.
- A medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles.
- Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy.
- (zoology) Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper.
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| pectoral fin |
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noun
- Either of two fins located on each side of a fish just behind the head.
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| pelvic fin |
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noun
- Either of a pair of fins on either side and towards the rear of a fish.
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| pike |
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noun (plural pikes for the weapon and for the fish)
- A weapon similar to a spear with a hooked barb near the tip.
- Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox.
- A turnpike.
verb - (context, AU, slang) to quit or back out of a promise.
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| pilchard |
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noun (plural pilchards)
- Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae.
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| piranha |
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noun (plural: piranhas)
- A kind of dangerous fish; may be used in a figurative sense.
- A carnivorous freshwater fish living in South American rivers and belonging to the families of Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus.
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| piscine |
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adjective
- relating to fish; ichthyic.
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| plaice |
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noun (plural or plaices)
- The large marine flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots.
- The flatfish, Hippoglossoides platessoides, of the North American Atlantic.
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| poacher |
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noun
- A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
- A vessel with shallow cuplike compartments in which eggs are cooked over boiling water
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| pomfret |
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noun
- a type of fish of family Bramidae.
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| pompano |
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noun
- Any of various fish, of the genera Trachinotus, Parona, or Zalocys, from coastal parts of the North Atlantic
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| pompon |
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noun
- A bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc. tied in the middle and left loose at the ends, so as to form a puff or ball, as for decoration or a showy prop for cheerleading.
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| porbeagle |
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noun (plural porbeagles)
- A large pelagic predatory shark, Lamna nasus, of the Atlantic.
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| pout |
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noun - The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl.
- (The shape of) one's mouth when pouting
verb - To shoot pouts
- To push out one's lips
- To sulk, (to pretend) being ill-tempered
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| puffer |
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noun
- someone or something that puffs
- any of several poisonous fish, of the family Tetraodontidae, which have the ability to puff themselves up when in danger.
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