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Piscation :: Piscation (n.) Fishing; fishery.

Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc..

Float :: Float (v. i.) The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish..

Syndesmography :: Syndactylous (a.) Having the toes firmly united together for some distance, and without an intermediate web, as the kingfishers; gressorial..

Shoemaker :: Shoemaker (n.) The threadfish.

Umbra :: Umbra (n.) Any one of several species of sciaenoid food fishes of the genus Umbrina, especially the Mediterranean species (U. cirrhosa), which is highly esteemed as a market fish; -- called also ombre, and umbrine..

Father-lasher :: Father-lasher (n.) A European marine fish (Cottus bubalis), allied to the sculpin; -- called also lucky proach..

Fish :: Fish (n.) A purchase used to fish the anchor.

Jewfish :: "Jewfish (n.) A similar gigantic fish (Stereolepis gigas) of Southern California, valued as a food fish..

Self-seeking :: Self-seeking (a.) Seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish.

Beard :: Beard (n.) The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle..

Roe :: Roe (n.) The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians, especially when still inclosed in the ovarian membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely, to the sperm and the testes of the male..

Amioidei :: Amioidei (n. pl.) An order of ganoid fishes of which Amia is the type. See Bowfin and Ganoidei.

Operculum :: Operculum (n.) The fold of integument, usually supported by bony plates, which protects the gills of most fishes and some amphibians; the gill cover; the gill lid..

Grayling :: Grayling (a.) A European fish (Thymallus vulgaris), allied to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; -- called also umber. It inhabits cold mountain streams, and is valued as a game fish..

Bait :: Bait (v. i.) Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net..

Desiccate :: Desiccate (v. t.) To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit..

Hypoarion :: Hypoarion (n.) An oval lobe beneath each of the optic lobes in many fishes; one of the inferior lobes.

School :: School (n.) A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish..

Mermaid :: Mermaid (n.) A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a sea nymph, sea woman, or woman fish..

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