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saury |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl {Sauries}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo["o]l.) 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: saury n : slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters [syn: {billfish}, {Scomberesox saurus}]
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