Menhaden

  • 61po|gy — «POH gee», noun, plural gies or (collectively) gy. 1. a perch of the western coast of the United States that bears live young. 2. = menhaden. (Cf. ↑menhaden) ╂[American English, apparently short for earlier pauhagen, paughaden the menhaden,… …

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  • 62Hardhead — Hard head ( h[e^]d ), n. 1. Clash or collision of heads in contest. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The menhaden. See {Menhaden}. [Local, U. S.] (b) Block s gurnard ({Trigla gurnardus}) of Europe. (c) A California salmon; the steelhead.… …

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  • 63Spongia dura — Hardhead Hard head ( h[e^]d ), n. 1. Clash or collision of heads in contest. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The menhaden. See {Menhaden}. [Local, U. S.] (b) Block s gurnard ({Trigla gurnardus}) of Europe. (c) A California salmon; the… …

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  • 64Trigla gurnardus — Hardhead Hard head ( h[e^]d ), n. 1. Clash or collision of heads in contest. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The menhaden. See {Menhaden}. [Local, U. S.] (b) Block s gurnard ({Trigla gurnardus}) of Europe. (c) A California salmon; the… …

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  • 65Bluefish — Taxobox name = Bluefish image width = 240px image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes subordo = Percoidei superfamilia = Percoidea familia = Pomatomidae genus = Pomatomus genus authority =… …

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  • 68Fishing industry — Modern Spanish tuna purse seiner in the Seychelles Islands The fishing industry includes any industry or activity concerned with taking, culturing, processing, preserving, storing, transporting, marketing or selling fish or fish products. It is… …

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