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Definition: frostfish
Scabbard
\Scab"bard\, n. [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers,
escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan.
origin; cf. Icel. sk[=a]lpr scabbard, and G. bergen to
conceal. Cf.
Hauberk.]
The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is
kept; a sheath.
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Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade.
--Fairfax.
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Scabbard fish (Zo["o]l.), a long, compressed,
silver-colored t[ae]nioid fish (
Lepidopus argyreus syn.
Lepidopus caudatus), found on the European coasts, and
more abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called
frostfish and considered an excellent food fish.
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Tomcod
\Tom"cod`\, n. [Tom (see
Tomboy) + cod: cf. F. tacaud
whiting pout, American Indian tacaud, literally, plenty
fish.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small edible American fish (
Microgadus tomcod) of the
Codfish family, very abundant in autumn on the Atlantic
coast of the Northen United States; -- called also
frostfish. See Illust. under
Frostfish.
(b) The kingfish. See
Kingfish
(a) .
(c) The jack. See 2d
Jack, 8.
(c) .
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cutlass fish
\cutlass fish\, cutlassfish
\cutlassfish\n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) a peculiar, long, thin, marine fish
(
Trichiurus lepturus) of the southern United States and
West Indies, having a long whiplike scaleless body and
sharp daggerlike teeth; -- called also
frostfish,
saber fish
,
silver eel, and, improperly,
swordfish; also,
several related members of the genus
Trichiurus. It is
closely related to snake mackerel.
Syn: frost fish, frostfish, hairtail.
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