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Trigla cuculus
Gaverick Ga"ver*ick, n. (Zo["o]l.) The European red gurnard (Trigla cuculus). [Prov. Eng.]
Trigla cuculus
Cuckoo Cuck"oo (k??k"??), n. [OE. coccou, cukkow, F. coucou, prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. cuculus, Gr. ????, Skr. k?ki?a, G. kuckuk, D. koekoek.] (Zo["o]l.) A bird belonging to Cuculus, Coccyzus, and several allied genera, of many species. Note: The European cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) builds no nest of its own, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them. The American yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus Americanus) and the black-billed cuckoo (C. erythrophthalmus) build their own nests. Cuckoo bee (Zool.), a bee, parasitic in the larval stage in the nests of other bees, feeding either upon their food or larvae. They belong to the genera Nomada, Melecta, Epeolus, and others. Cuckoo clock, a clock so constructed that at the time for striking it gives forth sounds resembling the cry of the cuckoo. Cuckoo dove (Zo["o]l.), a long-tailed pigeon of the genus Macropygia. Many species inhabit the East Indies. Cuckoo fish (Zo["o]l.), the European red gurnard (Trigla cuculus). The name probably alludes to the sound that it utters. Cuckoo falcon (Zo["o]l.), any falcon of the genus Baza. The genus inhabits Africa and the East Indies. Cuckoo maid (Zo["o]l.), the wryneck; -- called also cuckoo mate. Cuckoo ray (Zo["o]l.), a British ray (Raia miraletus). Cuckoo spit, or Cuckoo spittle. (a) A frothy secretion found upon plants, exuded by the larvae of certain insects, for concealment; -- called also toad spittle and frog spit. (b) (Zo["o]l.) A small hemipterous insect, the larva of which, living on grass and the leaves of plants, exudes this secretion. The insects belong to Aphrophora, Helochara, and allied genera. Ground cuckoo, the chaparral cock.
Trigla gurnardus
Nowd Nowd, n. (Zo["o]l.) The European gray gurnard (Trigla gurnardus). [Written also knoud.]
Trigla hirundo
Swallowfish Swal"low*fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) The European sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). It has large pectoral fins.
Trigla hirundo
Tubfish Tub"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) The sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). See Illust. under Gurnard. [Prov. Eng.]
Trigla lyra
Piper Pip"er, n. 1. (Mus.) One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe. ``The hereditary piper and his sons.' --Macaulay. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines. (b) A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts. To pay the piper, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble.
Trigla pini
Rotchet Rotch"et, n. (Zo["o]l.) The European red gurnard (Trigla pini).
Trigla pini
Soldier Sol"dier, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Sold, n.] 1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants. I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak. 2. Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer. It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier. --Spenser. 3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction. --Shak. 4. (Zo["o]l.) The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.) [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Zo["o]l.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See Termite. Soldier beetle (Zo["o]l.), an American carabid beetle (Chauliognathus Americanus) whose larva feeds upon other insects, such as the plum curculio. Soldier bug (Zo["o]l.), any hemipterous insect of the genus Podisus and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug (Podius spinosus). These bugs suck the blood of other insects. Soldier crab (Zo["o]l.) (a) The hermit crab. (b) The fiddler crab. Soldier fish (Zo["o]l.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish (Etheostoma c[oe]ruleum) found in the Mississippi River; -- called also blue darter, and rainbow darter. Soldier fly (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of small dipterous flies of the genus Stratyomys and allied genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps. Soldier moth (Zo["o]l.), a large geometrid moth (Euschema militaris), having the wings bright yellow with bluish black lines and spots. Soldier orchis (Bot.), a kind of orchis (Orchis militaris).

Meaning of Trigla from wikipedia

- The piper gurnard (Trigla lyra), also known as the piper or the lyre gurnard, is a species of marine, demersal ray-finned fish from the family Triglidae...
- Gilbert formally designated Trigla lyra, which had been described by Linnaeus in 1758, as the type species of the genus Trigla and so of the family Triglidae...
- fisheries as a food fish. The tub gurnard was first formally described as Trigla lucerna in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae...
- the Black Sea. The red gurnard was first formally described in 1758 as Trigla cuculus by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae with...
- Cardinalfish Trigla (Sea robins) Trigla cataphracta – Peristedion cataphractum Trigla lyra – Piper gurnard Trigla gurnardus – Grey gurnard Trigla cuculus –...
- first formally described in 1771 by the Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus as Trigla carolina with the type locality give as "Carolina". The specific name refers...
- United States Navy to be named for the gurnard, a food fish of the genus Trigla and part of the sea robin family. The contract to build Gurnard was awarded...
- 1758 Gonocephalus macrocephalus Gronow, 1854 Polynemus ****radiatus Mitchill, 1818 Trigla fasciata Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Trigla volitans Linnaeus, 1758...
- Pacific Oceans. Pterygotrigla polyommata was first formally described as Trigla polyommata in 1839 by the Scottish naval surgeon, Arctic explorer and naturalist...
- Gasterosteus (sticklebacks), Scomber (mackerel and tuna), Mullus (goatfishes) and Trigla (sea robins) Abdominales: Cobitis (loaches), Silurus (catfishes), Loricaria...