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Meaning of एक प्रकार की मछली in English

A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebrae, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.
A fish allied to the turbot (Rhombus levis), much esteemed in England for food; -- called also bret, pearl, prill. See Bret.
The hair on the eyelids of a horse.
A genus of South American fresh-water fishes, including the Gymnotus electricus, or electric eel. It has a greenish, eel-like body, and is possessed of electric power.
An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of Cyclostomi). There are seven small branchial openings on each side.
A kind of sick or nevrous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head.
A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural, lowness of spirits.
A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an excess of blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy.
The British smooth sole, or scaldfish (Psetta arnoglossa).
A European food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more.
A large American flounder (Paralichthys dentatus; called also brail, puckermouth, and summer flounder. The name is sometimes applied to other allied species.
The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl.
To shoot pouts.
To thrust out the lips, as in sullenness or displeasure; hence, to look sullen.
To protrude.
A sullen protrusion of the lips; a fit of sullenness.
The European whiting pout or bib.
Delay; obstacle; hindrance.
Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Echeneis, Remora, and allied genera. Called also sucking fish.
An instrument formerly in use, intended to retain parts in their places.
A cockroach.
A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus rutilus). It is silver-white, with a greenish back.
An American chub (Semotilus bullaris); the fallfish.
The redfin, or shiner.
A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit.
To cause to arch.
To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright.
Any species of small marine fishes of the genera Onos and Rhinonemus (formerly Motella), allied to the cod. They have three or four barbels.
A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it.
The act of trumping, especially when one has no card of the suit led.
To trump.
A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children.
Something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar of this name.
An exhibition of pride or haughtiness.
Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct.
A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; a ruffle.
A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion. See Illust. of Collar.
A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird.
A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, / Philommachus, pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve.
A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck.
To ruffle; to disorder.
To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
To hit, as the prey, without fixing it.
Alt. of Ruffe
Any one of several species of sparoid fishes belonging to Sargus, Pomadasys, and related genera; -- called also sar, and saragu.
A small carangoid fish (Trachurus saurus) abundant on the European coast, and less common on the American. The name is applied also to several allied species.
The goggler; -- called also big-eyed scad. See Goggler.
The friar skate.
The cigar fish, or round robin.
One of the Selachii. See Illustration in Appendix.
The common European cuttlefish.
A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. See Illustr. under Cuttlefish.
A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms Roman sepia. Cf. India ink, under India.
Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia.
of Sepia
To lurk; to lie in ambush.
A large perchlike marine food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America; -- called also ravallia, and robalo.
The cobia.
The garfish.
The European greater weever fish (Trachinus draco), which is capable of inflicting severe wounds with the spinous rays of its dorsal fin. See Weever.
The weever.