SAURIES

Noun

sauries

plural of saury

Source: Wiktionary


SAURY

Sau"ry, n.; pl. Sauries. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoƶl.)

Definition: A slender marine fish (Scombresox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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