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A melanogasterSnakebird Snake"bird`, n. [So named from its snakelike neck.]
(Zo["o]l.)
1. Any one of four species of aquatic birds of the genus
Anhinga or Plotus. They are allied to the gannets and
cormorants, but have very long, slender, flexible necks,
and sharp bills.
Note: The American species (Anhinga, or Plotus, anhinga)
inhabits the Southern United States and tropical
America; -- called also darter, and water turkey.
The Asiatic species (A. melanogaster) is native of
Southern Asia and the East Indies. Two other species
inhabit Africa and Australia respectively.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The wryneck. Gaster
Gaster Gast"er, v. t.
To gast. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
Gasteromycetes
Gasteromycetes Gas`te*ro*my*ce"tes, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ?
stomach + ? a mushroom.] (Bot.)
An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac
called the peridium, as in the puffballs.
GasteropodGasteropod Gas"ter*o*pod, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as Gastropod. gasteropodGastropod Gas"tro*pod, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Gastropoda. [Written also gasteropod.] GasteropodaGasteropoda Gas`te*rop`o*da, n. pl. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as Gastropoda. GasteropodaGastropoda Gas*trop"o*da, n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, stomach
+ -poda.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes
most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and
fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat,
muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The
head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See
Mollusca. [Written also Gasteropoda.]
Note: The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.:
(a) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the
Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and
Heteropoda. (b) The Euthyneura, including the
Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. (c) The Amphineura,
including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora. GasteropodousGasteropodous Gas`ter*op"o*dous, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as Gastropodous. Gasterosteus cataphractus Note: The salmons ascend rivers and penetrate to their head
streams to spawn. They are remarkably strong fishes,
and will even leap over considerable falls which lie in
the way of their progress. The common salmon has been
known to grow to the weight of seventy-five pounds;
more generally it is from fifteen to twenty-five
pounds. Young salmon are called parr, peal, smolt, and
grilse. Among the true salmons are:
Black salmon, or Lake salmon, the namaycush.
Dog salmon, a salmon of Western North America
(Oncorhynchus keta).
Humpbacked salmon, a Pacific-coast salmon (Oncorhynchus
gorbuscha).
King salmon, the quinnat.
Landlocked salmon, a variety of the common salmon (var.
Sebago), long confined in certain lakes in consequence
of obstructions that prevented it from returning to the
sea. This last is called also dwarf salmon.
Note: Among fishes of other families which are locally and
erroneously called salmon are: the pike perch, called
jack salmon; the spotted, or southern, squeteague;
the cabrilla, called kelp salmon; young pollock,
called sea salmon; and the California yellowtail.
2. A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the
salmon.
Salmon berry (Bot.), a large red raspberry growing from
Alaska to California, the fruit of the Rubus Nutkanus.
Salmon killer (Zo["o]l.), a stickleback (Gasterosteus
cataphractus) of Western North America and Northern Asia.
Salmon ladder, Salmon stair. See Fish ladder, under
Fish.
Salmon peel, a young salmon.
Salmon pipe, a certain device for catching salmon. --Crabb.
Salmon trout. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The European sea trout (Salmo trutta). It resembles
the salmon, but is smaller, and has smaller and more
numerous scales.
(b) The American namaycush.
(c) A name that is also applied locally to the adult black
spotted trout (Salmo purpuratus), and to the steel
head and other large trout of the Pacific coast. Gasterosteus spinachiaBismer Bis"mer, n.
1. A rule steelyard. [Scot.]
2. (Zo["o]l.) The fifteen-spined (Gasterosteus spinachia). Mesogaster
Mesogaster Mes`o*gas"ter, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? middle + ?
belly.] (Anat.)
The fold of peritoneum connecting the stomach with the dorsal
wall of the abdominal cavity; the mesogastrium.
PulmogasteropodaPulmogasteropoda Pul`mo*gas`te*rop"o*da, n. pl. [NL. & E.
Gasteropoda.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as Pulmonata.
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