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Definition of atlantic
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Atlantic
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the isle of
Atlantis.
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Herring
::
Herring
(n.) One of
various
species
of
fishes
of the genus
Clupea,
and
allied
genera,
esp. the
common
round or
English
herring
(C.
harengus)
of the North
Atlantic.
Herrings
move in vast
schools,
coming
in
spring
to the
shores
of
Europe
and
America,
where they are
salted
and
smoked
in great
quantities..
Snook
::
Snook (n.) A large
perchlike
marine
food fish
(Centropomus
undecimalis)
found both on the
Atlantic
and
Pacific
coasts
of
tropical
America;
--
called
also
ravallia,
and
robalo..
Kingfish
::
Kingfish
(n.) An
American
marine
food fish of the genus
Menticirrus,
especially
M.
saxatilis,
or M.
nebulosos,
of the
Atlantic
coast;
--
called
also
whiting,
surf
whiting,
and
barb..
Barbary
::
Barbary
(n.) The
countries
on the north coast of
Africa
from Egypt to the
Atlantic.
Hence:
A
Barbary
horse;
a barb.
[Obs.]
Also, a kind of
pigeon..
Devilfish
::
Devilfish
(n.) A huge ray
(Manta
birostris
/
Cephaloptera
vampyrus)
of the Gulf of
Mexico
and
Southern
Atlantic
coasts.
Several
other
related
species
take the same name. See
Cephaloptera.
Flasher
::
Flasher
(n.) A large
sparoid
fish of the
Atlantic
coast and all
tropical
seas
(Lobotes
Surinamensis).
Sardine
::
Sardine
(n.) Any one of
several
small
species
of
herring
which are
commonly
preserved
in olive oil for food,
especially
the
pilchard,
or
European
sardine
(Clupea
pilchardus).
The
California
sardine
(Clupea
sagax)
is
similar.
The
American
sardines
of the
Atlantic
coast are
mostly
the young of the
common
herring
and of the
menhaden..
Sea Chickweed
::
Sea
chickweed
() A
fleshy
plant
(Arenaria
peploides)
growing
in large tufts in the sands of the
northern
Atlantic
seacoast;
--
called
also sea
sandwort,
and sea
purslane..
Amber Fish
::
Amber fish () A fish of the
southern
Atlantic
coast
(Seriola
Carolinensis..
Bathybius
::
Bathybius
(n.) A name given by Prof.
Huxley
to a
gelatinous
substance
found in mud
dredged
from the
Atlantic
and
preserved
in
alcohol.
He
supposed
that it was free
living
protoplasm,
covering
a large part of the ocean bed. It is now known that the
substance
is of
chemical,
not of
organic,
origin..
Hammerhead
::
Hammerhead
(n.) A shark of the genus
Sphyrna
or
Zygaena,
having
the eyes set on
projections
from the sides of the head, which gives it a
hammer
shape.
The
Sphyrna
zygaena
is found in the North
Atlantic.
Called
also
hammer
fish, and
balance
fish..
Butterfish
::
Butterfish
(n.) A name given to
several
different
fishes,
in
allusion
to their
slippery
coating
of
mucus,
as the
Stromateus
triacanthus
of the
Atlantic
coast,
the
Epinephelus
punctatus
of the
southern
coast,
the rock eel, and the
kelpfish
of New
Zealand..
Blower
::
Blower
(n.) A small fish of the
Atlantic
coast
(Tetrodon
turgidus);
the
puffer.
Emigration
::
Emigration
(n.) The act of
emigrating;
removal
from one
country
or state to
another,
for the
purpose
of
residence,
as from
Europe
to
America,
or, in
America,
from the
Atlantic
States
to the
Western..
Cavally
::
Cavally
(n.) A
carangoid
fish of the
Atlantic
coast
(Caranx
hippos):
--
called
also horse
crevalle.
[See
Illust.
under
Carangoid..
Mollemoke
::
Mollemoke
(n.) Any one of
several
species
of large
pelagic
petrels
and
fulmars,
as
Fulmarus
glacialis,
of the North
Atlantic,
and
several
species
of
Aestrelata,
of the
Southern
Ocean.
See
Fulmar..
Jager
::
"Jager
(n.) Any
species
of gull of the genus
Stercorarius.
Three
species
occur on the
Atlantic
coast.
The
jagers
pursue
other
species
of gulls and force them to
disgorge
their prey. The two
middle
tail
feathers
are
usually
decidedly
longer
than the rest.
Called
also
boatswain,
and
marline-spike
bird. The name is also
applied
to the skua, or
Arctic
gull
(Megalestris
skua)..
Leatherback
::
Leatherback
(n.) A large sea
turtle
(Sphargis
coriacea),
having
no bony shell on its back. It is
common
in the warm and
temperate
parts of the
Atlantic,
and
sometimes
weighs
over a
thousand
pounds;
--
called
also
leather
turtle,
leathery
turtle,
leather-backed
tortoise,
etc..
Volador
::
Volador
(n.) The
Atlantic
flying
gurnard.
See under
Flying.
Xylotrya
::
Xylotrya
(n.) A genus of
marine
bivalves
closely
allied
to
Teredo,
and
equally
destructive
to
timber.
One
species
(Xylotrya
fimbriata)
is very
common
on the
Atlantic
coast of the
United
States..
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