lagodon rhomboides

3 definitions found

lagodon rhomboides - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sailor \Sail"or\, n.
     One who follows the business of navigating ships or other
     vessels; one who understands the practical management of
     ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common
     seaman.
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     Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
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     Sailor's choice. (Zool.)
     (a) An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus rhomboides,
         syn. Lagodon rhomboides) of the Southern United States;
         -- called also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail,
         and salt-water bream.
     (b) A species of grunt (Orthopristis chrysopterus syn.
         Pomadasys chrysopterus), an excellent food fish common
         on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called
         also hogfish, and pigfish.
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  Pinfish \Pin"fish`\, n. [So called from their sharp dorsal
     spines.] (Zool.)
     (a) The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides syn. Lagodon   rhomboides
         ).
     (b) The salt-water bream (Diplodus Holbrooki).
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     Note: Both are excellent food fishes, common on the coast of
           the United States south of Cape Hatteras. The name is
           also applied to other allied species.
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lagodon rhomboides - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Lagodon rhomboides
      n 1: similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays
           along the southeastern coast of the United States [syn:
           pinfish, sailor's-choice, squirrelfish, Lagodon rhomboides
           ]