hemitripterus americanus

2 definitions found

hemitripterus americanus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sea raven \Sea" ra"ven\ (Zool.)
        (a) An American cottoid fish (Hemitripterus Americanus)
            allied to the sculpins, found on the northern Atlantic
            coasts.
        (b) The cormorant.
            [1913 Webster]

hemitripterus americanus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Hemitripterus americanus
      n 1: large sculpin of western Atlantic; inflates itself when
           caught [syn: sea raven, Hemitripterus americanus]