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5 definitions found 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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