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Gudgeon

A small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons.

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Percoid 76% connected

Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family Percidae.

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Goby 92% connected

One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus Gobius and allied genera.

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Anchovy noun · 78% connection

A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterrane…

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Bait verb · 78% connection

To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull.

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Bellows fish unknown · 78% connection

A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; -- called also trumpet fish,…

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Branlin noun · 78% connection

A small red worm or larva, used as bait for small fresh-water fish; -- so called from its red color.

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Bullhead noun · 78% connection

A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus Uranidea, esp. U. gobio of Europe, and U. Richardsoni of the United States; -- called…

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Capelin noun · 78% connection

A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family Salmonidae, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and…

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Carp noun · 78% connection

A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See Crucla…

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Catch noun · 78% connection

That which is caught or taken; profit; gain; especially, the whole quantity caught or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish.

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Chub noun · 78% connection

A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In Amer…

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Crayfish noun · 78% connection

Any crustacean of the family Astacidae, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very d…

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Crucian carp unknown · 78% connection

A kind of European carp (Carasius vulgaris), inferior to the common carp; -- called also German carp.

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Cunner noun · 78% connection

A small edible fish of the Atlantic coast (Ctenolabrus adspersus); -- called also chogset, burgall, blue perch, and bait stealer.

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Dace noun · 78% connection

small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body

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Eventognathi n. pl. · 78% connection

An order of fishes including a vast number of freshwater species such as the carp, loach, chub, etc.

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Fish noun · 78% connection

the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people start…

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Gibel noun · 78% connection

A kind of carp (Cyprinus gibelio); -- called also Prussian carp.

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Goldfish noun · 78% connection

A small domesticated cyprinoid fish (Carassius auratus); -- so named from its color. It is native of China, and is said to have been i…

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Gourami noun · 78% connection

A very largo East Indian freshwater fish (Osphromenus gorami), extensively reared in artificial ponds in tropical countries, and highl…

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