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Definition of Gilthead

1. n. A marine fish.

Definition of Gilthead

1. Noun. A marine fish, ''Pagrus'' or ''Chrysophrys auratus'', with a golden-coloured head; the giltpoll. ¹

2. Noun. ''Crenilabrus melops'', a coastal fish; the golden maid, conner, or sea partridge. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gilthead

1. a marine fish [n -S]

Medical Definition of Gilthead

1. A marine fish. The name is applied to two species: The Pagrus, or Chrysophrys, auratus, a valuable food fish common in the Mediterranean (so named from its golden-coloured head); called also giltpoll. The Crenilabrus melops, of the British coasts; called also golden maid, conner, sea partridge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Gilthead

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Fishes of the British Islands by Jonathan Couch (1868)
"gilthead. Aurata, JONSTON; Tab. 16, f. 2. " WILLOUGHBY; p. 307, Tab. v. 5. ... The gilthead does not often wander so far north as the British Islands, ..."

2. The Sea and the Rod by Charles Thomas Paske, Frederick George Aflalo (1892)
"Remarks on the Distinction between Sea and River Bream— Behaviour of the Fish when hooked—Confused Nomenclature and Classification : the gilthead—A Doubtful ..."

3. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by Neville Wood, William Holl, Edward Mammatt (1836)
"SPARID^E. gilthead, (Sparus, Cuv. ... Becker gilthead Sparus pagrus, Linn. Spanish gilthead Sparus ..."

4. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1890)
"The gilthead has an oblong and compressed body, a single dorsal fin with spines ... The length is about a foot ; the back is silvery gray, Common gilthead ..."

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