Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of fishes with an enlarged depressed head, typical of the family Cottidæ.
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- noun type genus of the Cottidae: sculpins
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Again, there is a small river-fish called the cottus or bullhead; this creature burrows under a rock, and fishers catch it by clattering stones against the rock, and the fish, bewildered at the noise, darts out of its hiding-place.
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Think 8 figures) cottus @ October 17th, 2007 at 11: 33 pm
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