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4 words match “LAFAYETTE”

LAFAYETTE n. 2 definitions
The dollar fish.
DOLLAR n.
having a flat, roundish form and a bright silvery luster; -- called also butterfish, and Lafayette. See Butterfish. -- Trade dollar, a silver coin formerly made at the United States mint, intended for export, and not legal tender at home. It contained 378 grains of silver and 42 grains of alloy.
GOODY n.
An American fish; the lafayette or spot.
SPOT n.
spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette, masooka, and old wife.