Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of elongate blennioid fishes inhabiting the shores of northern seas.
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- noun type genus of the Pholidae: gunnels
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Examples
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The so-called pholis gives out a mucous discharge, which envelops the creature in a kind of nest.
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The name of bava, baveuse, has misled M. Depons; he takes this reptile for a fish of our seas, the Blennius pholis.
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The Blennius pholis, smooth blenny, is called by the
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The Blennius pholis, smooth blenny, is called by the French baveuse (slaverer), in
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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The name of bava, baveuse, has misled M. Depons; he takes this reptile for a fish of our seas, the Blennius pholis.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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