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SAURY
saury, billfish, Scomberesox saurus
(noun) slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
saury (plural sauries)
A marine epipelagic fish of the family Scomberesocidae, with beaklike jaws and a row of small finlets behind the dorsal and anal fins.
Anagrams
• Surya, SÅ«rya
Source: Wiktionary
Sau"ry, n.; pl. Sauries. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.)
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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