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The word scuttle comes, via Middle English and Old English, from the Latin word scutulla, meaning "serving platter". [3] An alternative name, hod, derives from the Old French hotte, meaning " 'basket to carry on the back', apparently from Frankish *hotta or some other Germanic source (compare Middle High German hotze 'cradle')", and is also used in reference to boxes used to carry bricks or ...
Caranx lugubris, the black jack, black trevally, black kingfish, coal fish or black ulua, is a species of large ocean fish in the jack family Carangidae. The species has a circumtropical distribution, found in oceanic, offshore waters of the tropical zones of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The species is particularly prevalent around ...
binnacle list A ship's sick list. The list of men unable to report for duty was given to the officer or mate of the watch by the ship's surgeon. The list was kept at the binnacle. bird farm United States Navy slang for an aircraft carrier. bite Verb used in reference to a rudder, as in "the rudder begins to bite". When a vessel has steerageway ...
Pollock or pollack [1] (pronounced / ˈ p ɒ l ə k /) is the common name used for either of the two species of North Atlantic marine fish in the genus Pollachius. Pollachius pollachius is referred to as "pollock" in North America, Ireland and the United Kingdom, while Pollachius virens is usually known as saithe or coley in Great Britain and Ireland (derived from the older name coalfish). [2]
Xiphias thermaicus Serbetis, 1951. The swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also known as the broadbill[5] in some countries, are large, highly migratory predatory fish characterized by a long, flat, pointed bill. They are a popular sport fish of the billfish category, though elusive. Swordfish are elongated, round-bodied, and lose all teeth and scales ...
A favorite tool of "Alligator Stations," "Bucket Mouths" and "Linear Lungs." Frowned upon by most users. Lot lizard A prostitute in a rest area or the parking area of a truck stop. Mud Duck A cb user that has a weak signal and they keep trying to talk despite the fact that no one can understand them. Nap Trap A rest area. Negatory
Mahi-mahi. The mahi-mahi (/ ˈmɑːhiːˈmɑːhiː /) [3] or common dolphinfish[2] (Coryphaena hippurus) is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical, and subtropical waters worldwide. It is also widely called dorado (not to be confused with Salminus brasiliensis, a freshwater fish) and dolphin (not to be ...
Geographic range. Anguillidae. Catastomidae. River carpsucker. Carpiodes carpio. Native to eastern Colorado, river carpsuckers prefer to reside in large and deep rivers with sand or silt bottoms with slow moving but they can also be found in backwaters or smaller creeks.