Skopster

2 definitions found

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

  Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. {Sauries}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.)
     A slender marine fish ({Scomberesox saurus}) of Europe and
     America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also
     {billfish}, {gowdnook}, {gawnook}, {skipper}, {skipjack},
     {skopster}, {lizard fish}, and {Egypt herring}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Skopster \Skop"ster\ (sk[o^]p"st[~e]r), n.
     The saury. [Prov. Eng.]
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