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Ambloplites rupestrisGoggle-eye Gog"gle-eye`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) One of two or more species of American fresh-water fishes
of the family Centrarchid[ae], esp. Ch[ae]nobryttus
antistius, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters, and
Ambloplites rupestris, of the Great Lakes and
Mississippi Valley; -- so called from their prominent
eyes.
(b) The goggler. Hoplite
Hoplite Hop"lite, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? tool, weapon: cf. F.
hoplite.] (Gr. Antiq.)
A heavy-armed infantry soldier. --Milford.
Oligoplites saurusLeather 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. Popliteal
Popliteal Pop*lit"e*al (?; 277), a. [From L. poples, -itis,
the ham.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the ham; in the region of the ham, or
behind the knee joint; as, the popliteal space.
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