Elops

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Elops \E"lops\, n. [L. elops, helops, a kind of sea fish, Gr.
     ?.]
     1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of fishes. See {Saury}.
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     2. A mythical serpent. [Obs.] --Milton.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Elops
       n : type genus of the Elopidae: tenpounder [syn: {genus Elops}]