- tenpounder
- noun Date: 1699 ladyfish 2
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
tenpounder
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tenpounder — [ten′poun΄dər] n. any of a family (Elopidae, order Elopiformes) of marine or freshwater bony fishes, including the ladyfish and machete … English World dictionary
tenpounder — /ten pown deuhr/, n. 1. ladyfish. 2. the machete, Elops affinis, a common food fish of warm seas. [1685 95; ten pound(s) + ER1] * * * … Universalium
tenpounder — noun The ladyfish … Wiktionary
tenpounder — ten·pound·er … English syllables
tenpounder — noun game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller • Syn: ↑ladyfish, ↑Elops saurus • Hypernyms: ↑tarpon, ↑Tarpon atlanticus • Member Holonyms: ↑Elops, ↑genus Elops … Useful english dictionary
African tenpounder — afrikinis tarpūnas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Elops lacerta angl. African bony fish; African tenpounder rus. африканская большеглазая сельдь; африканский элопс ryšiai: platesnis terminas –… … Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas
Elopidae — The Spanish hogfish ( Bodianus rufus ) is also sometimes known as ladyfish . Taxobox name = Ladyfishes and tenpounders fossil range = fossilrange|55|0 Early Eocene to Present [cite journal last = Sepkoski first = Jack authorlink = coauthors =… … Wikipedia
Elops machnata — Taxobox name = Tenpounder image width = regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Elopiformes familia = Elopidae genus = Elops binomial = Elops machnata binomial authority = Forsskål, 1775The tenpounder, Elops machnata … Wikipedia
ladyfish — /lay dee fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) ladyfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) ladyfishes. a game fish, Elops saurus, of warm seas, closely related to but smaller than the tarpon. Also called tenpounder. [1705 15; LADY +… … Universalium
Elops — noun type genus of the Elopidae: tenpounder • Syn: ↑genus Elops • Hypernyms: ↑fish genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Elopidae, ↑family Elopidae • Mem … Useful english dictionary
