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• cling|fish — «KLIHNG FIHSH», noun, plural fish|es or (collectively) fish. any one of a genus of marine fish having a sucking disk on the ventral side by which it attaches itself to objects …   Useful english dictionary

• cling — 01. The little boy was [clinging] to his mother as they walked into the kindergarten class. 02. The baby monkey [clung] to its mother s back as she climbed up into the tree. 03. A young man is [clinging] to life after being beaten up by a gang of …   Grammatical examples in English

• Coastal fish — Schooling threadfin, a coastal species Coastal fish, also called offshore fish or neritic fish, are fish that inhabit the sea between the shoreline and the edge of the continental shelf. Since the continental shelf is usually less than 200 metres …   Wikipedia

• Serpent fish — Serpent Ser pent, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, entis (sc. bestia), fr. serpens, p. pr. of serpere to creep; akin to Gr. ???, Skr. sarp, and perhaps to L. repere, E. reptile. Cf. {Herpes}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Tree fish — Tree Tree (tr[=e]), n. [OE. tree, tre, treo, AS. tre[ o], tre[ o]w, tree, wood; akin to OFries. tr[=e], OS. treo, trio, Icel. tr[=e], Dan. tr[ae], Sw. tr[ a], tr[ a]d, Goth. triu, Russ. drevo, W. derw an oak, Ir. darag, darog, Gr. dry^s a tree,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• holostean — ▪ fish Introduction       any member of a group of primitive bony fishes (bony fish) that make up one of the three major subdivisions of the superclass Actinopterygii (ray finned fishes). Holosteans are represented today by the bowfins (bowfin)… …   Universalium

• Glossary of cue sports terms — The following is a glossary of traditional English language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: carom (or carambole) billiards referring to the various carom games played on a billiard table without pockets; pool (pocket… …   Wikipedia

• gel-1 —     gel 1     English meaning: “to curl; round, *gland, growth, ball, fathom, arm”     Deutsche Übersetzung: “ballen, sich ballen; Gerundetes, Kugeliges” etc     Material: evidence for the unadjusted root form are seldom and partly very doubtful …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

• Gyrinocheilus — aymonieri Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

• Plastic wrap — This article is about a plastic layer used for short term preservation of domestic foods. For a plastic wrap often used in bulk packaging, see Shrink wrap. A roll of LDPE plastic wrap in a box. The lid of the box has a serrated edge for cutting… …   Wikipedia