lepidopus argyreus

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lepidopus argyreus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Scabbard \Scab"bard\, n. [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers,
     escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan.
     origin; cf. Icel. sk[=a]lpr scabbard, and G. bergen to
     conceal. Cf. Hauberk.]
     The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is
     kept; a sheath.
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           Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade.
                                                    --Fairfax.
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     Scabbard fish (Zool.), a long, compressed, silver-colored
        taenioid fish (Lepidopus argyreus syn. Lepidopus  caudatus
        ), found on the European coasts, and more
        abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called
        frostfish and considered an excellent food fish.
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