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Pelican :: Pelican (n.) Any large webfooted bird of the genus Pelecanus, of which about a dozen species are known. They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored..

Recapture :: Recapture (n.) The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor..

Recapture :: Recapture (n.) That which is captured back; a prize retaken.

Retake :: Retake (v. t.) To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners..

Recapture :: Recapture (v. t.) To capture again; to retake.

Madrague :: Madrague (n.) A large fish pound used for the capture of the tunny in the Mediterranean; also applied to the seines used for the same purpose.

Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property..

Net :: Net (v. t.) To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile.

Lodgment :: Lodgment (v.) The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lodgment..

Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy.

Surprise :: Surprise (n.) To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack.

Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To remove from the board a man which could have captured a piece but has not done so; -- so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece.

Captive :: Captive (v. t.) To take prisoner; to capture.

Piscicapture :: Piscicapture (n.) Capture of fishes, as by angling..

Ant-lion :: Ant-lion (n.) A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius..

Citigradae :: Citigradae (n. pl.) A suborder of Arachnoidea, including the European tarantula and the wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and their allies, which capture their prey by rapidly running and jumping. See Wolf spider..

Take :: Take (n.) That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch..

Lynch :: Lynch (v. t.) To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch law..

Reprise :: Reprise (n.) A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.

Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To get possession of by force; to capture.

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