Found 2 hits - Term: mutton fish, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mutton \mut"ton\, n. oe. motoun, of. moton, molton, a sheep,
wether, f. mouton, ll. multo, by transposition of l fr. l.
mutilus mutilated. see mutilate.
1. a sheep. obs. --chapman.
1913 webster
not so much ground as will feed a mutton. --sir h.
sidney.
1913 webster
muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for
the living quadrupeds. --hallam.
1913 webster
2. the flesh of a sheep.
1913 webster
the fat of roasted mutton or beef. --swift.
1913 webster
3. a loose woman; a prostitute. obs.
1913 webster
mutton bird zool., the australian short-tailed petrel
nectris brevicaudus.
mutton chop, a rib of mutton for broiling, with the end of
the bone at the smaller part chopped off.
mutton fish zool., the american eelpout. see eelpout.
mutton fist, a big brawny fist or hand. colloq. --dryden.
mutton monger, a pimp. low obs. --chapman.
to return to one's muttons. a translation of a phrase from
a farce by de brueys, revenons `a nos moutons let us
return to our sheep. to return to one's topic, subject of
discussion, etc. humorous
1913 webster
i willingly return to my muttons. --h. r.
haweis.
1913 webster
see also:
mutilate mutton bird nectris brevicaudus mutton chop mutton fish eelpout
mutton fist mutton monger to return to one's muttons
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
eelpout \eel"pout`\, n. as. ?lepute. zo"ol.
a a european fish zoarces viviparus, remarkable for
producing living young; -- called also greenbone,
guffer, bard, and maroona eel. also, an american
species z. anguillaris, -- called also mutton fish,
and, erroneously, congo eel, ling, and lamper eel.
both are edible, but of little value.
b a fresh-water fish, the burbot.
1913 webster
see also:
zoarces viviparus greenbone guffer bard maroona eel z. anguillaris
mutton fish congo eel ling lamper eel
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