Frostfish

4 definitions found

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

  Frostfish \Frost`fish"\, n. (Zool.)
        (a) The tomcod; -- so called because it is abundant on the
            New England coast in autumn at about the commencement
            of frost. See {Tomcod}.
        (b) The smelt. [Local, U. S.]
        (c) A name applied in New Zealand to the scabbard fish


            ({Lepidotus}) valued as a food fish.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scabbard \Scab"bard\, n. [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers,
     escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan.
     origin; cf. Icel. sk[=a]lpr scabbard, and G. bergen to
     conceal. Cf. {Hauberk}.]
     The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is
     kept; a sheath.
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           Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade.
                                                    --Fairfax.
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     {Scabbard fish} (Zool.), a long, compressed, silver-colored
        taenioid fish ({Lepidopus argyreus} syn. {Lepidopus
        caudatus}), found on the European coasts, and more
        abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called
        {frostfish} and considered an excellent food fish.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tomcod \Tom"cod`\ (t[o^]m"k[o^]d`), n. [Tom (see {Tomboy}) +
     cod: cf. F. tacaud whiting pout, American Indian tacaud,
     literally, plenty fish.] (Zool.)
     (a) A small edible American fish ({Microgadus tomcod}) of the
         Codfish family, very abundant in autumn on the Atlantic
         coast of the Northen United States; -- called also
         {frostfish}. See Illust. under {Frostfish}.
     (b) The kingfish. See {Kingfish}
     (a) .
     (c) The jack. See 2d {Jack}, 8.
     (c) .
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  cutlass fish \cutlass fish\, cutlassfish \cutlassfish\n.
     1. (Zool.) a peculiar, long, thin, marine fish ({Trichiurus
        lepturus}) of the southern United States and West Indies,
        having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp daggerlike
        teeth; -- called also {frostfish}, {saber fish}, {silver
        eel}, and, improperly, {swordfish}; also, several related
        members of the genus {Trichiurus}. It is closely related
        to snake mackerel.
  
     Syn: frost fish, frostfish, hairtail.
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