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Agaphelus gibbosus Scrag Scrag (skr[a^]g), n. [Cf. dial. Sw. skraka a great dry
tree, a long, lean man, Gael. sgreagach dry, shriveled,
rocky. See Shrink, and cf. Scrog, Shrag, n.]
1. Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially,
a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in
contempt, the neck.
Lady MacScrew, who . . . serves up a scrag of mutton
on silver. --Thackeray.
2. A rawboned person. [Low] --Halliwell.
3. A ragged, stunted tree or branch.
Scrag whale (Zo["o]l.), a North Atlantic whalebone whale
(Agaphelus gibbosus). By some it is considered the young
of the right whale.
Lepomis gibbosus Sunfish Sun"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A very large oceanic plectognath fish (Mola mola, Mola
rotunda, or Orthagoriscus mola) having a broad body
and a truncated tail.
(b) Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American
fresh-water fishes of the family Centrachid[ae]. They
have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines.
Among the common species of the Eastern United States are
Lepomis gibbosus (called also bream, pondfish,
pumpkin seed, and sunny), the blue sunfish, or
dollardee (L. pallidus), and the long-eared sunfish
(L. auritus). Several of the species are called also
pondfish.
(c) The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner.
(d) The opah.
(e) The basking, or liver, shark.
(f) Any large jellyfish.
Lepomis gibbosus Pondfish Pond"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishes
belonging to the family Centrarchid[ae]; -- called also
pond perch, and sunfish.
Note: The common pondfish of New England (Lepomis gibbosus)
is called also bream, pumpkin seed, and sunny.
See Sunfish. The long-eared pondfish (Lepomis
auritus) of the Eastern United States is distinguished
by its very long opercular flap.
