Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of Hyodontidæ, having teeth on the hyoid bone, whence the name. H. alosoides is the common mooneye or toothed herring of the United States.
- noun See cut under
mooneye .
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Examples
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They caught salmon in the water, and the silver-coloured hyodon, known among the voyageurs by the name of "Doré."
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They caught salmon in the water, and the silver-coloured hyodon, known among the voyageurs by the name of "Dore."
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The water was perfectly diaphanous; and, though the sun was no longer shining, I could see tiny silver fish, of the genus _hyodon_, sporting themselves in the lowest depths of the pool.
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