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shill(3) (iou) and barracouata (medicine)


shill(3) (iou)



shill verb1. Now dial.
[Old English scylian rel. to Old Norse skilja: see SKILL verb.]
verb trans. Separate, divide, set apart. OE.
a. verb trans. Curdle (milk). L17.
b. verb intrans. Of milk: curdle. L19.

barracouata (medicine)


barracouata


1. <zoology> A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus Sphyraena, sometimes used as Food.

That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is Sphyraena spet (or S. Vulgaris); a southern species is S. Picuda; the Californian is S. Argentea.

2. <zoology> A large edible fresh water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun).

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