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Eelpout
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Eelpout has 2 senses
- eelpout(n = noun.animal) pout - marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas; Array is a kind of blennioid, blennioid fish
- eelpout(n = noun.animal) burbot, cusk, ling, lota lota - elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth; Array is a kind of cod, codfish
is a member of family zoarcidae, zoarcidae
has particulars: viviparous eelpout, zoarces viviparus, fish doctor, gymnelis viridis, macrozoarces americanus, ocean pout
CIDE DICTIONARY
Eelpout, n. [AS. lepute.].
A European fish (Zoarces viviparus ), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also greenbone , guffer , bard , and Maroona eel . Also, an American species (Z. anguillaris ), -- called also mutton fish , and, erroneously, congo eel , ling , and lamper eel . Both are edible, but of little value. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Eelpout, n.
1 any fish of the family Zoarcidae, with slender body and dorsal and anal fins meeting to fuse with the tail. Also called POUT(2).
2 = BURBOT.
1 any fish of the family Zoarcidae, with slender body and dorsal and anal fins meeting to fuse with the tail. Also called POUT(2).
2 = BURBOT.
Etymology
OE {aelig}leputa (as EEL, POUT(2))
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