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Definition of Tubfish
1. n. The sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). See Illust. under Gurnard.
Definition of Tubfish
1. Noun. (UK dialect) The sapphirine gurnard (''Trigla hirundo''). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tubfish
1. the gurnard fish [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Tubfish
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tubfish
Literary usage of Tubfish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Magellan's Voyage Around the Worldby Antonio Pigafetta by Antonio Pigafetta (1906)
"tubfish (Trigla hi- rundo): i, 241; see also above ... Trigla hirundo—i, 241;
set: above tubfish. Fisheries: pearl—locations, ii, 203, 206, 207; in treaty, ..."
2. Sea Fishing by John Bickerdyke, William Senior, Alfred Harmsworth Northcliffe (1895)
"The Sapphirine or tubfish is the larger of the two species, attaining a weight,
according to Thompson, of about fourteen pounds. If gurnard are plentiful ..."
3. Sea Fishing by John Bickerdyke, William Senior, Alfred Harmsworth Northcliffe (1895)
"... and Trigla hirundo, the SAPPHIRINE GURNARD, the tubfish, ... tubfish is the
larger of the two species, attaining a weight, according to Thompson, ..."
4. Report on the Sea Fisheries and Fishing Industries on the Thames Estuary by James Murie, Kent and Essex Sea Fisheries Committee (1903)
"Boys mentions it as tubfish in Sandwich list, which is its common name in the SW
of England. Dover is another station, and Laver has procured it in the ..."
5. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803: Explorations by Early Navigators by Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson, Edward Gaylord Bourne (1909)
"... 33, 39, 293, 318; Trigla hirundo (tubfish, or gurnard), 315; tunny, 5, 123,
8, 286, 13, 227, 16, 95, 183, 19, 318, 35, 300; ..."
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