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insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. -- Blind cat (Zoöl.), a species of catfish (Gronias nigrolabris), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania. -- Blind coal, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. Simmonds. -- Blind door, Blind window, an imitation of a door or window, wit…

A small fresh-water fish (Uranidea Richardsoni); the miller's thumb.

A small fish of the Atlantic coast (Tetrodon turgidus); the puffer.

A species of whitefish (Coregonus nigripinnis) found in Lake Michigan.

A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.

A European fish (Box vulgaris), having a compressed body and bright colors; -- called also box, and bogue.

A large food fish (Diagramma lineatum), native of the East Indies.

A kind of fishing line. See Boulter.

An edible fish of the Nile (genus Chromis). [Written also bulti.]

o mortar vessel. -- Bomb lance, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used in whale fishing. -- Volcanic bomb, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape. "I noticed volcanic bombs." Darwin.

A large grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) of Florida and the West Indies, valuable as a food fish; -- called also aguaji and, in Florida, black grouper.

Deprived of bones; as, boned turkey or codfish.

The spiny dogfish.

The clearing of bones from fish or meat.

A large tropical fish (Orcynus pelamys) allied to the tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the American coast.

Having large or prominent bones. Bony fish (Zoöl.), the menhaden. -- Bony pike (Zoöl.), the gar pike (Lepidosteus).

The sailfish; -- called also woohoo.

The hagfish (Myxine).

A long, stout fishing line to which many hooks are attached.

A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).