Devilfish

6 definitions found

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

  Gray \Gray\ (gr[=a]), a. [Compar. {Grayer}; superl. {Grayest}.]
     [OE. gray, grey, AS. gr[=ae]g, gr[=e]g; akin to D. graauw,
     OHG. gr[=a]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[*a], Icel. gr[=a]r.]
     [Written also {grey}.]
     1. any color of neutral hue between white and black; white
        mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of


        ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed
        color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
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              These gray and dun colors may be also produced by
              mixing whites and blacks.             --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
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     2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
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     3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. -- Ames.
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     4. gloomy; dismal.
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     {Gray antimony} (Min.), stibnite.
  
     {Gray buck} (Zool.), the chickara.
  
     {Gray cobalt} (Min.), smaltite.
  
     {Gray copper} (Min.), tetrahedrite.
  
     {Gray duck} (Zool.), the gadwall; also applied to the female
        mallard.
  
     {Gray falcon} (Zool.) the peregrine falcon.
  
     {Gray Friar}. See {Franciscan}, and {Friar}.
  
     {Gray hen} (Zool.), the female of the blackcock or black
        grouse. See {Heath grouse}.
  
     {Gray mill} or {Gray millet} (Bot.), a name of several plants
        of the genus {Lithospermum}; gromwell.
  
     {Gray mullet} (Zool.) any one of the numerous species of the
        genus {Mugil}, or family {Mugilid[ae]}, found both in the
        Old World and America; as the European species
        ({Mugilid[ae] capito}, and {Mugilid[ae] auratus}), the
        American striped mullet ({Mugilid[ae] albula}), and the
        white or silver mullet ({Mugilid[ae] Braziliensis}). See
        {Mullet}.
  
     {Gray owl} (Zool.), the European tawny or brown owl ({Syrnium
        aluco}). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea}) inhabits
        arctic America.
  
     {Gray parrot} (Zool.), an African parrot ({Psittacus
        erithacus}), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its
        aptness in learning to talk. Also called {jako}.
  
     {Gray pike}. (Zool.) See {Sauger}.
  
     {Gray snapper} (Zool.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See
        {Snapper}.
  
     {Gray snipe} (Zool.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.
  
     {Gray whale} (Zool.), a rather large and swift whale of the
        northern Pacific ({Eschrichtius robustus}, formerly
        {Rhachianectes glaucus}), having short jaws and no dorsal
        fin. It grows to a length of 50 feet (someimes 60 feet).
        It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of
        California, and is now rare; -- called also {grayback},
        {devilfish}, and {hardhead}. It lives up to 50 or 60 years
        and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gray whale \Gray whale\ (Zool.),
     a rather large and swift baleen whale of the northern Pacific
     ({Eschrichtius robustus}, formerly {Rhachianectes glaucus}),
     having short jaws and no dorsal fin; -- called also
     {grayback}, {devilfish}, and {hardhead}. It grows to a length
     of 50 feet (sometimes 60 feet). It was formerly taken in
     large numbers in the bays of California, and is now rare. It
     lives up to 50 or 60 years and adults weigh from 20 to 40
     tons.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  manta ray \manta ray\ n.
     An extremely large pelagic tropical ray of the family
     {Mobulidae}, that feeds on plankton and small fishes. It is
     usually harmless but its size (up to 20 feet across and up to
     a ton in weight) make it dangerous if harpooned. Called also
     {manta}, {sea devil} and {devilfish}. See also {Cephaloptera}
     and {Sea devil}.
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

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

  Devilfish \Dev"il*fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) A huge ray ({Manta birostris} or {Cephaloptera vampyrus})
         of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts.
         Several other related species take the same name. See
         {Cephaloptera}.
     (b) A large cephalopod, especially the very large species of
         {Octopus} and {Architeuthis}. See {Octopus}.
     (c) The gray whale of the Pacific coast. See {Gray whale}.
     (d) The goosefish or angler ({Lophius}), and other allied
         fishes. See {Angler}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cephaloptera \Ceph`a*lop"te*ra\
     (s[e^]f`[.a]*l[o^]p"t[-e]*r[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kefalh`
     head + ptero`n wing.] (Zool.)
     One of the generic names of the gigantic ray ({Manta
     birostris}) of the family {Mobulidae}, known as {devilfish},
     {sea devil}, {manta} and {manta ray}. It is common on the
     coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south, and is
     sometimes found as far north as New York Bay. Some of them
     grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across
     the body, and weighing more than a ton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  devilfish
       n 1: medium-sized grayish-black whale of the northern Pacific
            [syn: {gray whale}, {Eschrichtius gibbosus}, {Eschrichtius
            robustus}]
       2: bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight
          long tentacles [syn: {octopus}]
       3: extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton
          and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it
          dangerous if harpooned [syn: {manta}, {manta ray}]
       [also: {devilfishes} (pl)]