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A sparoid fish (Diabasis aurolineatus) of the Gulf of Mexico, esteemed as a food fish; -- called also red-mouth grunt.
Alt. of Spilliard fishing
A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast; -- called also sand lance.
A fish which is able to leap from the water, and fly a considerable distance by means of its large and long pectoral fins. These fishes belong to several species of the genus Exocoetus, and are found in the warmer parts of all the oceans.
A coarse fish of India, used in making a breakfast relish called burtah.
A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish.
A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and long-line fishing.
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Having the form or nature of a fistula; as, a fistulous ulcer.
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Having hard or strong hands; as, a hard-fisted laborer.
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Formed like a fistula; hollow; reedlike.
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Hollow, like a pipe or reed; fistulose.
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Of a fistular form; tubular; pipe-shaped.
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Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.
v. t. & i.
To make hollow or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe.
n.
A fistula.
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of Fistula
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A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with a constant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormal opening between an internal cavity and another cavity or the surface; as, a salivary fistula; an anal fistula; a recto-vaginal fistula.
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a fight with the fists; boxing.
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Like or pertaining to the genus Fistularia.
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A genus of fishes, having the head prolonged into a tube, with the mouth at the extremity.
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