Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fish of the family Cottidæ.
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- noun zoology Any member of the
Cottidae .
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Examples
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** It had been noted for rearing calves. — - Many more inftan*. ces cottid be given.
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But Rofamond V thoughts were prevented by others than thofe I cottid iitlfire into her: Jhe re -
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They're made of cottid (ph), not plastic like a Barbie, "she tells me.
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** Ariftotle, "fays Lord Bacon, * 'thought, like the Ottoman princes, cfaat fee cottid not reign fecure, unleis he. deilroyed all his brethren; *' nor was his Hterary ambition more exclufive than exorbitant*
The Monthly Review 1786
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