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Definition of Leatherjacket
1. Noun. Any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes.
Generic synonyms: Filefish
Group relationships: Genus Monocanthus, Monocanthus
2. Noun. Any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales.
Generic synonyms: Jack
Group relationships: Genus Oligoplites, Oligoplites
3. Noun. Tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies.
Definition of Leatherjacket
1. Noun. The larva of some crane flies ¹
2. Noun. Any of several brightly coloured tropical fishes, of the family ''Balistidae'', including the filefish and the triggerfish; leatherfish ¹
3. Noun. Any of several Atlantic fishes, of the genus ''Oligoplites'', that have a leathery skin; leatherjack ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leatherjacket
Literary usage of Leatherjacket
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes of Australia: A Popular and Systematic Guide to the Study of the by David George Stead (1906)
"It may very properly be regarded as one of our food-fishes, as its flesh is of
good flavour and it attains Fig. 78.—ORANGE-SPOTTED leatherjacket ..."
2. Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1891)
"... levers and other articles needing toughness ; proved to be very durable [Bailey].
Eucalyptus punctata, De Candolle.* id- The leatherjacket-or ..."
3. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1908)
"... [See leatherjacket], or E. melliodora [See Box, Yellow], and in North America
to Nyssa multiflora [See Gum, Black]. ..."
4. York Plays: The Plays Performed by the Crafts Or Mysteries of York on the by Lucy Toulmin Smith (1885)
"The figure of Christ s armour; his leatherjacket was man's flesh, 12. his hauberk
was his head, ..."
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