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Definition of Bergall
1. Noun. Common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States.
Generic synonyms: Wrasse
Group relationships: Genus Tautogolabrus, Tautogolabrus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bergall
Literary usage of Bergall
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Angler's Guide: Or, Complete Fisher's Manual, for the United by John Jay Brown (1857)
"No difference of any consequence can be seen between a small black fish and a
large one, but a wide difference between a bergall and a black fish; ..."
2. Annual Report by New York Zoological Society, Tennyson Society (1906)
"... 1 Pilot Fish, i Eel, 3 Porgies, 2 Spider Crabs, 60 Jellyfish, 137 Blackfish,
2 Trigger Fish, 16 bergall, 2 Sea Mussels, 4 Star Fish, 3 Conger Eels, ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"F. Nie- bergall, Tübingen, 1904; CF Rogers, Principles of Parish Work, Essays in
Pastoral Theology, London, 1905; ..."