anguilla latirostris

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anguilla latirostris - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Glut \Glut\, n.
     1. That which is swallowed. --Milton
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     2. Plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence,
        often, a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over
        abundance; as, a glut of the market.
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              A glut of those talents which raise men to eminence.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     3. Something that fills up an opening; a clog.
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     4.
        (a) A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks. [Prov. Eng.]
        (b) (Mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind
            cribbing or tubbing. --Raymond.
        (c) (Bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to
            fill out a course. --Knight.
        (d) (Arch.) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
        (e) A block used for a fulcrum.
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     5. (Zool.) The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris),
        found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
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