Found 2 hits - Term: cherry sucker, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sucker \suck"er\ su^k"~er, n.
1. one who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by
which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere
to other bodies.
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2. a suckling; a sucking animal. --beau. fl.
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3. the embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a
pump basket. --boyle.
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4. a pipe through which anything is drawn.
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5. a small piece of leather, usually round, having a string
attached to the center, which, when saturated with water
and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth
surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure,
with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be
thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a
plaything.
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6. bot. a shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of
a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment
from the body of the plant.
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7. zool.
a any one of numerous species of north american
fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family
catostomidae; so called because the lips are
protrusile. the flesh is coarse, and they are of
little value as food. the most common species of the
eastern united states are the northern sucker
catostomus commersoni, the white sucker
catostomus teres, the hog sucker catostomus
nigricans, and the chub, or sweet sucker erimyzon
sucetta. some of the large western species are
called buffalo fish, red horse, black horse, and
suckerel.
b the remora.
c the lumpfish.
d the hagfish, or myxine.
e a california food fish menticirrus undulatus
closely allied to the kingfish
a; -- called also bagre.
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8. a parasite; a sponger. see def. 6, above.
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they who constantly converse with men far above
their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if
thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker,
no branch. --fuller.
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9. a hard drinker; a soaker. slang
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10. a greenhorn; someone easily cheated, gulled, or deceived.
slang, u.s.
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11. a nickname applied to a native of illinois. u. s.
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12. a person strongly attracted to something; -- usually used
with for; as, he's a sucker for tall blondes.
pjc
11. any thing or person; -- usually implying annoyance or
dislike; as, i went to change the blade and cut my finger
on the sucker. slang
pjc
carp sucker, cherry sucker, etc. see under carp,
cherry, etc.
sucker fish. see sucking fish, under sucking.
sucker rod, a pump rod. see under pump.
sucker tube zool., one of the external ambulacral tubes
of an echinoderm, -- usually terminated by a sucker and
used for locomotion. called also sucker foot. see
spatangoid.
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see also:
catostomidae catostomus commersoni catostomus teres catostomus nigricans erimyzon sucetta buffalo fish
red horse black horse suckerel menticirrus undulatus bagre
carp sucker cherry sucker carp cherry sucker fish
sucking fish sucking sucker rod pump sucker tube
sucker foot spatangoid
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cherry \cher"ry\ che^r"ry^, n. oe. chery, for cherys, fr.
f. cerise cf. as. cyrs cherry, fr. ll. ceresia, fr. l.
cerasus cherry tree, gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn,
from the hardness of the wood.
1. bot. a tree or shrub of the genus prunus which also
includes the plum bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony
stone;
a the common garden cherry prunus cerasus, of which
several hundred varieties are cultivated for the
fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart,
black tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, may-duke
corrupted from m'edoc in france.
b the wild cherry; as, prunus serotina wild black
cherry, valued for its timber; prunus virginiana
choke cherry, an american shrub which bears
astringent fruit; prunus avium and prunus padus,
european trees bird cherry.
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2. the fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors
and flavors.
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3. the timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry,
used in cabinetmaking, etc.
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4. a peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.
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barbadoes cherry. see under barbadoes.
cherry bird zool., an american bird; the cedar bird; --
so called from its fondness for cherries.
cherry bounce, cherry brandy and sugar.
cherry brandy, brandy in which cherries have been steeped.
cherry laurel bot., an evergreen shrub prunus
lauro-cerasus common in shrubberies, the poisonous
leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds.
cherry pepper bot., a species of capsicum capsicum
cerasiforme, with small, scarlet, intensely piquant
cherry-shaped fruit.
cherry pit.
a a child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a
hole. --shak.
b a cherry stone.
cherry rum, rum in which cherries have been steeped.
cherry sucker zool., the european spotted flycatcher
musicapa grisola; -- called also cherry chopper
cherry snipe.
cherry tree, a tree that bears cherries.
ground cherry, winter cherry, see alkekengi.
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see also:
prunus prunus cerasus prunus serotina prunus virginiana prunus avium prunus padus
barbadoes cherry barbadoes cherry bird cherry bounce cherry brandy
cherry laurel prunus lauro-cerasus cherry pepper capsicum capsicum cerasiforme
cherry pit cherry rum cherry sucker musicapa grisola cherry chopper
cherry snipe cherry tree ground cherry winter cherry alkekengi
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