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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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