torpedo fish
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Torpedo — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Torpedo (bande dessinée) … Wikipédia en Français
fish — Synonyms and related words: C, C note, Chinook salmon, G, G note, Loch Ness monster, Sunapee trout, aerial torpedo, albacore, alevin, alewife, alligator gar, amber jack, anchovy, angel fish, angle, anguille, archerfish, argusfish, babe, bait the… … Moby Thesaurus
torpedo — torpedolike, adj. /tawr pee doh/, n., pl. torpedoes, v., torpedoed, torpedoing. n. 1. a self propelled, cigar shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying … Universalium
Torpedo — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Torpedo (bande dessinée). Torpedo … Wikipédia en Français
torpedo — tor|pe|do1 [to:ˈpi:dəu US to:rˈpi:dou] n plural torpedoes [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: torpedo type of fish that can produce electricity to protect itself (16 21 centuries), from Latin, stiffness, numbness, torpedo fish , from torpere; TORPID] a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Fish plate — This article relates to the type of Greek pottery. For the connection bar used in railways, see Fishplate. A fish plate is a Greek pottery vessel used by western, Hellenistic Greeks during the Fourth Century B.C. Although invented in Fifth… … Wikipedia
Torpedo scad — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
Fish torpedo — Torpedo Tor*pe do, n.; pl. {Torpedoes}. [L. torpedo, inis, from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See {Torpid}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to {Torpedo} and allied genera. They… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Torpedo — Tor*pe do, n.; pl. {Torpedoes}. [L. torpedo, inis, from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See {Torpid}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to {Torpedo} and allied genera. They are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Torpedo boat — Torpedo Tor*pe do, n.; pl. {Torpedoes}. [L. torpedo, inis, from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See {Torpid}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to {Torpedo} and allied genera. They… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
