Greenbone

3 definitions found

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

  Garfish \Gar"fish`\, n. [See {Gar}, n.] (Zool.)
     (a) A European marine fish ({Belone vulgaris}); -- called
         also {gar}, {gerrick}, {greenback}, {greenbone},
         {gorebill}, {hornfish}, {longnose}, {mackerel guide},
         {sea needle}, and {sea pike}.
     (b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus


         {Tylosurus}, of which one species ({T. marinus}) is
         common on the Atlantic coast. {T. Caribb[ae]us}, a very
         large species, and {T. crassus}, are more southern; --
         called also {needlefish}. Many of the common names of the
         European garfish are also applied to the American
         species.
         [1913 Webster]

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

  Greenbone \Green"bone\, n. [So named because the bones are green
     when boiled.] (Zool.)
     (a) Any garfish ({Belone} or {Tylosurus}).
     (b) The European eelpout.
         [1913 Webster]

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

  Eelpout \Eel"pout`\, n. [AS. ?lepute.] (Zo["o]l.)
     (a) A European fish ({Zoarces viviparus}), remarkable for
         producing living young; -- called also {greenbone},
         {guffer}, {bard}, and {Maroona eel}. Also, an American
         species ({Z. anguillaris}), -- called also {mutton fish},
         and, erroneously, {congo eel}, {ling}, and {lamper eel}.
         Both are edible, but of little value.
     (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot.
         [1913 Webster]