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noun - A dark-coloured marine fish Anoplopoma fimbria of North American Pacific waters
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| sailfish |
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noun (plural: )
- A fish of the genus Istiophorus, which have a characteristic sail like fin on the back.
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| salmon |
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noun English irregular plurals
(s, pl2=salmon)
- (italbrac, plural ) One of several species of fish of the Salmonidae family.
- (italbrac, plural salmons) A yellowish pink colour, the colour of cooked salmon.
- <table><tr><td>salmon colour: </td><td bgcolor="
- FCBEAB" width="80"> </td></tr></table>
adjective
- Of food, made with salmon.
- (colour) Having a yellowish pink colour
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| sardine |
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noun - Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pichardus). The California sardine (Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden.
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| scad |
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noun (plural scads)
- any of several fish, of the genus Decapterus, from the western Atlantic
- a large number or quantity (often used in the plural)
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| scamp |
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noun
- A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well.
- While walking home from the bar, he was set upon by a bunch of scamps who stole his hat.
- A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
- My nephew is a little who likes to leave lighted firecrackers under the lawnchairs of his dozing elders.
verb
- (dated) To skimp; to do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion.
- 1884, s:Author:Samuel Smiles, Samuel Smiles, s:Men of Invention and Industry/Chapter XII, Men of Invention and Industry
- :His work was always first-rate. There was no scamping about it. Everything that he did was thoroughly good and honest.
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| schnapper |
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noun
- Alternative spelling of the fish snapper, often used by restauranteurs and fish shop owners. (Reference: Snapper page at sportsfish.com.au http://www.sportsfish.com.au/pages/fishing/fish-saltwater/snapper.html.)
- an Australasian fish, Chrysophrys guttulatus; the porgy or snapper
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| schoolmaster |
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noun - The person in charge of a school.
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| scombroid |
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adjective
- pertaining to a mackerel
- 1973: "Here then," the kindly face scanning Eventyr, quick as a fire-control dish antenna and even less mercy... " Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
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| scooter |
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noun
- A child's foot-operated vehicle consisting of a long platform between two wheels, the front one of which has an upright handle for steering.
- A small motor-powered bicycle of similar design, also motor-scooter
- A mobility scooter, i.e. an electric-powered scooter specially designed for disabled and/or elderly people.
- (nautical) a sailing vessel with a flat bottom and runners for travelling over ice.
- Any of the large, black ducks of the genus Melanitta; the scoter.
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| scrod |
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noun - A generic term for a young (2-lb or less) cod or, less frequently, haddock, split and deboned; rather than a particular type of fish. The term is rare outside of New England and New York.
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| sea bream |
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noun
- any of several species of marine fish of the families Sparidae or Bramidae found in Atlantic waters
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| sea horse |
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noun
- Any of various small marine fish of the genus Hippocampus that have a horselike head and swim upright.
- The walrus.
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| sea wolf |
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noun
- (alternative spelling of, seawolf)
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| sepia |
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noun
- (archaic) The cuttlefish.
- A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.
- (colour) A dark, slightly reddish, brown color, colour.
- <table><tr><td>sepia colour: </td><td bgcolor="
- 3B3121" width="80"> </td></tr></table>
- A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.
adjective
- (colour) Of a dark reddish-brown colour.
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| sergeant |
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noun
- The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in most non-naval military forces and police.
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| shad |
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noun (plural or shads)
- Any one of several species of food fishes of the herring family.
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| shark |
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noun
- (zoology) a scaleless fish with a cartilaginous skeleton that has 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head
- (sports) a person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others, as in "pool shark"
- (derisive, colloquial): a (sleazy) lawyer; an ambulance chaser
verb
- obsolete: to steal or obtain through fraud.
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| shiner |
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noun - (countable) One that shines.
- (countable) (italbrac, colloquial) A bruised eye.
- (countable) A silver minnow.
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| Siamese fighting fish |
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noun
- A freshwater fish, scientific name Betta splendens.
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| silverfish |
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noun (plural or silverfishes)
- A small wingless insect with silvery scales, a type of bristletail.
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| silverside |
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noun
- Any of several small fish, of the family Atherinidae, found along the Atlantic seaboard of the United States.
- The upper side of a round of beef.
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| silversides |
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noun
- (plural of, silverside)
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| skipper |
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noun
- (nautical) The master of a ship.
- A coach, director, or other leader.
- (cricket) the captain of a cricket team.
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verb
- (transitive) To be the skipper of a ship
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| sleeper |
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noun - (countable) Someone who sleeps.
- (countable) A saboteur or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
- (countable) A railroad sleeping car.
- (countable)(context, rail transport, UK) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together railway lines.
- Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.
- (countable) A goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish of the family Odontobutidae. Also "sleeper goby."
- (clothing) A type of pajamas, pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers its whole body, including their feet.
- Aaron, Devin, Ryan H., Cody, Ryan O., Wade, Lisa and Laura looked so comfy in their sleepers.
- A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joist, joists beneath and floorboard, floorboards above.
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| smelt |
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noun
- a family of small anadromous fish common in the North American Great Lakes
verb
- (past of, smell)
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| smolt |
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noun
- A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color.
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| snapper |
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noun
- Any of some 100 different species of fish.
- The fish Chrysophrys auratus, but usually the adult fish of that species, with the young instead called cockney then red bream then squire, before reaching adulthood. (Reference: Australian Fish and How to Catch Them, Richard Allan, 1990, ISBN 1-86302-674-6, page 309. And Snapper entry in An Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 1966 http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/S/Snapper/Snapper/en)
- Any of a family of percoid fishes (italbrac, Lutjanidae), esp. the red snapper
- (Ireland) (slang) A baby (a human baby).
- 1993: w:The Snapper, The Snapper — title of novel and film by w:Roddy Doyle, Roddy Doyle
- - the player who snaps the ball to start the play.
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| snook |
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noun
- A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.
- A name for various other fishes.
verb to snook
- (obsolete) To sniff out.
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| spot |
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noun
- A stain or disfigure, disfiguring mark.
- I have tried everything, and I can"t get this out.
- A pimple or pustule.
- That morning, I saw that a had come up on my chin.
- A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
- The leopard is noted for the spots of color in its fur.
- A small amount or quantity.
- Would you like to come round on Sunday for a of lunch?
- A particular location or area.
- I like to eat lunch in a pleasant outside.
- A bright lamp; a spotlight.
- A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
- Did you see the on the news about the shoelace factory?
verb (spot, t, ing)
- (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate or identify.
- Try to the differences between these two entries.
- (finance) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
- I"ll you ten dollars for lunch.
- To stain; to leave a spot.
- Hard water will if it is left on a surface.
- (rfv-sense) To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
- I spotted the carpet where the child dropped spaghetti.
- (context, gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
- I can"t do a back handspring unless somebody spots me.
- (dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
- Most figure skaters do not their turns like dancers do.
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| sprat |
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noun (plural or sprats)
- Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the family Clupeidae.
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| stickleback |
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noun (plural sticklebacks)
- Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests.
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| stingray |
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noun (plural stingrays)
- any of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes, having a barbed, whiplike tail
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| stockfish |
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noun (es, pl2=stockfish)
- A cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt.
- 1819: So the Prior of Saint Botolph"s hobbled back again into the refectory, to preside over the and ale, which was just serving out for the friars" breakfast. " Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
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| stonefish |
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noun
- A venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock, of the genus Synanceia, found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
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| sturgeon |
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noun (pl=sturgeon, pl2=sturgeons)
- Any marine or freshwater fish of the genus Acipenser that are famed for their roe.
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| sucker |
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noun
- A person or thing that sucks
- An organ or body part that does the sucking
- Animals such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs
- A piece of candy which is sucked; a lollypop
- (context, horticulture) An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially from the rootstock of a grafted plant or tree.
verb
- To fool someone; to take advantage of someone.
- The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract.
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| sunfish |
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noun (pl=sunfish, pl2=sunfishes)
- Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body.
- Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body.
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| surgeonfish |
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noun (es, pl2=surgeonfish)
- Any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae, that have an erect spine near the tail
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| sweeper |
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noun
- One who sweeps floors or chimneys
- A detector (for mines)
- A small, tropical marine perciform fish of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
- (football) A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper
- (curling) A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
- (cricket) A batsman who plays sweep shots
- (cricket) A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position
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| swim bladder |
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noun
- A gas-filled sac within the bodies of most fish that variously acts as a float, lung, sound-producing organ or an aid to hearing
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| swordfish |
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noun (pl=swordfish, pl2=swordfishes)
- A marlin; a large fish with a very long pointy nose, Xiphias gladius.
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