gowdnook

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gowdnook - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gowdnook \Gowd"nook"\, n. (Zool.)
     The saury pike; -- called also gofnick.
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  Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. Sauries. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.)
     A slender marine fish (Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and
     America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also
     billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack,
     skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring.
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