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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruff \Ruff\, Ruffe \Ruffe\, n. [OE. ruffe.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small freshwater European perch ({Acerina vulgaris}); --
called also {pope}, {blacktail}, and {stone, or striped,
perch}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pope \Pope\, n. [AS. p[=a]pa, L. papa father, bishop. Cf
{Papa}, {Papal}.]
1. Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. [Obs.] --Foxe.
2. The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
See {Note} under {Cardinal}.
3. A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A fish; the ruff.
{Pope Joan}, a game at cards played on a round board with
compartments.
{Pope's eye}, the gland surrounded with fat in the middle of
the thigh of an ox or sheep. --R. D. Blackmore
{Pope's nose}, the rump, or uropygium, of a bird. See
{Uropygium}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[u^]f"f[i^]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) An arctic sea bird {Fratercula arctica}) allied
to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak,
whence the name -- called also {bottle nose}, {cockandy},
{coulterneb}, {marrot}, {mormon}, {pope}, and {sea
parrot}.
Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as
the horned puffin ({F. corniculata}), the tufted puffin
({Lunda cirrhata}), and the razorbill.
{Manx puffin}, the Manx shearwater. See under {Manx}.
2. (Bot.) The puffball.
3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
pope
n : the head of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: {pontiff}, {Holy
Father}, {Vicar of Christ}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pope, MS (village, FIPS 59240)
Location: 34.21366 N, 89.94763 W
Population (1990): 171 (73 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 38658
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