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An American marine food fish of the genus Menticirrus, especially M. saxatilis, or M. nebulosos, of the Atlantic coast; -- called also whiting, surf whiting, and barb.

e of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidæ. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the world, but are particularly…

Dried cod, exported from Norway. [Written also clipfish.]

A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macabé.

A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast; -- called also sand lance.

A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) of Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Ca…

Any fish belonging to the Dipnoi; -- so called because they have both lungs and gills.

A sparoid fish (Diabasis aurolineatus) of the Gulf of Mexico, esteemed as a food fish; -- called also red-mouth grunt.

A common American minnow (Fundulus majalis). See Minnow.

The angel fish (Squatina).

An American marine fish (Vomer setipennis); -- called also bluntnosed shiner, horsefish, and sunfish.

See Frogfish.

The European loach.

Stupid; awkward. [Colloq.]

European great pipefich (Siphostoma, or Syngnathus, acus); -- called also earl, and tanglefish.

An astrophyton.

The torpedo, which numbs by the electric shocks which it gives.

Like an oaf; simple. -- Oaf"ish*ness, n.

The ribbon fish.

Shy or distant in manner. [Colloq. U.S.]