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Arbalister
Arbalester Ar"ba*lest`er, Arbalister Ar"ba*list`er, n. [OF. arblastere, OF. arbalestier. See Arbalest.] A crossbowman. [Obs.] --Speed.
Arcubalister
Arcubalister Ar`cu*bal"ist*er, n. [L. arcuballistarius. Cf. Arbalister.] A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist. --Camden.
Balister
Balister Bal"is*ter, n. [OF. balestre. See Ballista.] A crossbow. [Obs.] --Blount.
Balistes Carolinensis
Leather Leath"er, n. [OE. lether, AS. le?er; akin to D. leder, le[^e]r, G. leder, OHG. ledar, Icel. le?r, Sw. l["a]der, Dan. l[ae]der.] 1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively. 2. The skin. [Ironical or Sportive] Note: Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made of, relating to, or like, leather. Leather board, an imitation of sole leather, made of leather scraps, rags, paper, etc. Leather carp (Zo["o]l.), a variety of carp in which the scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under Carp. Leather jacket. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A California carangoid fish (Oligoplites saurus). (b) A trigger fish (Balistes Carolinensis). Leather flower (Bot.), a climbing plant (Clematis Viorna) of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery sepals of a purplish color. Leather leaf (Bot.), a low shrub (Cassandra calyculata), growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen, coriaceous, scurfy leaves. Leather plant (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the composite genus Celmisia, which have white or buff tomentose leaves. Leather turtle. (Zo["o]l.) See Leatherback. Vegetable leather. (a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste. (b) Linen cloth coated with India rubber. --Ure.
Balistes Carolinensis
Trigger Trig"ger, n. [For older tricker, from D. trekker, fr. trekken to draw, pull. See Trick, n.] 1. A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity. 2. (Mech.) A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge the piece. Trigger fish (Zo["o]l.), a large plectognath fish (Balistes Carolinensis or B. capriscus) common on the southern coast of the United States, and valued as a food fish in some localities. Its rough skin is used for scouring and polishing in the place of sandpaper. Called also leather jacket, and turbot.

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- Opération Baliste was a French aeronaval operation off Lebanon aimed at securing citizens of the European Union in the context of the 2006 Lebanon War...
- The queen triggerfish (Balistes vetula) is a large triggerfish species found in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Its body coloration ranges from steel grey...
- Indo-Pacific range. The orange-lined triggerfish was first described as Balistes aculeatus minor in 1775 by the Swedish explorer, naturalist and orientalist...
- The grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus), or gray triggerfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the triggerfish family Balistidae, the triggerfishes...
- Family: Balistidae Genus: Melichthys Species: M. vidua Binomial name Melichthys vidua (J. Richardson, 1845) Synonyms Balistes nycteris Balistes vidua...
- Balistes polylepis, the finescale triggerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes. This triggerfish...
- sizes in the geologic past, with the extinct fossil species Balistes cr****idens and Balistes vegai, both from the Miocene of the Caribbean, potentially...
- Balistes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Balistidae, the triggerfishes. The triggerfishes in this genus are found in the...
- Monacanthus chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) Synonyms Balistes chinensis Osbeck, 1765 Balistes granulosus Gronow, 1854 Balistes mylii Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1822 Monacanthus...
- Baliste was a Arquebuse-class destroyer contre-torpilleur d'escadre built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. Completed in 1904...