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Locust tree Lo"cust tree` [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (R. Pseudacacia), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called acacia. Note: The name is also applied to other trees of different genera, especially to those of the genus Hymen[ae]a, of which H. Courbaril is a lofty, spreading tree of South America; also to the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua), a tree growing in the Mediterranean region. Honey locust tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Gleditschia ) G. triacanthus), having pinnate leaves and strong branching thorns; -- so called from a sweet pulp found between the seeds in the pods. Called also simply honey locust. Water locust tree (Bot.), a small swamp tree (Gleditschia monosperma), of the Southern United States.
Stromateus triacanthus
Dollar Dol"lar, n. [D. daalder, LG. dahler, G. thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, i. e., a piece of money first coined, about the year 1518, in the valley (G. thal) of St. Joachim, in Bohemia. See Dale.] 1. (a) A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412.5 grains. (b) A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22 grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths fine. It is no longer coined. Note: Previous to 1837 the silver dollar had a larger amount of alloy, but only the same amount of silver as now, the total weight being 416 grains. The gold dollar as a distinct coin was first made in 1849. The eagles, half eagles, and quarter eagles coined before 1834 contained 24.75 grains of gold and 2.25 grains of alloy for each dollar. 2. A coin of the same general weight and value, though differing slightly in different countries, current in Mexico, Canada, parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other European countries. 3. The value of a dollar; the unit commonly employed in the United States in reckoning money values. Chop dollar. See under 9th Chop. Dollar fish (Zo["o]l.), a fish of the United States coast (Stromateus triacanthus), having a flat, roundish form and a bright silvery luster; -- called also butterfish, and Lafayette. See Butterfish. Trade dollar, a silver coin formerly made at the United States mint, intended for export, and not legal tender at home. It contained 378 grains of silver and 42 grains of alloy.
Stromateus triacanthus
Butterfish But"ter*fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand.

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- Synonyms of Peprilus triacanthus (Peck, 1804) on Fishbase.org Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2019). FishBase. Peprilus triacanthus (Peck, 1804). Accessed...
- aculeatus in the new monospecific genus Triacanthus, so this species is the type species of the genus Triacanthus by monotypy. This genus is classified...
- spines. Triacanthus currently has 2 recognised species classified within it: Triacanthus biaculeatus (Bloch, 1786) (Short-nosed tripodfish) Triacanthus nieuhofii...
- described Taenianotus triacanthus, with no type locality being given. The type species was designated as Taenianotus triacanthus in 1829 by Cuvier in Cuvier...
- as suborder of the order Tetraodontiformes. Triacanthus nieuhofii is classified within the genus Triacanthus, a name that prefixes acanthus, which means...
- Starks, 1904. Atlantic butterfish (aka American butterfish), Peprilus triacanthus (Peck, 1804). Genus Stromateus Southwest Atlantic butterfish, Stromateus...
- Trophon triacanthus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Trophon triacanthus Castellanos...
- meaning "having the form of", onto Triacanthus, as it was though that this genus was closely related to Triacanthus. The specific name, anomalus, means...
- Valenciennes, 1833 Nauclerus brachycentrus Valenciennes, 1833 Nauclerus triacanthus Valenciennes, 1833 Nauclerus annularis Valenciennes, 1833 Nauclerus leucurus...
- Synonyms of Xeneretmus triacanthus at www.fishbase.org. Common names for Xeneretmus triacanthus at www.fishbase.org. Xeneretmus triacanthus at www.fishbase.org...