Definition of Armed bullhead

1. Noun. Northern Atlantic sea poacher.

Exact synonyms: Agonus Cataphractus, Pogge
Generic synonyms: Poacher, Sea Poacher, Sea Poker
Group relationships: Agonus, Genus Agonus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Armed Bullhead

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armed bullhead (current term)
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Literary usage of Armed bullhead

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Facts from the world of nature, animate and inanimate by Jane Loudon (1848)
"The armed bullhead, or pogge, is sometimes called the sea-poacher, from the great activity and eagerness with which it seizes the aquatic insects and small ..."

2. Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall by Royal Institution of Cornwall (1875)
"armed bullhead. Sea Poacher. Black sting fish. Mentioned by Couch as not uncommon. I have never seen a specimen. Miller's Thumb. (Coitus Golio). ..."

3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"The Pogge, or armed bullhead, a fish ; Cottus cataphractus, Linn. This is the name at Newhaven. " Cottu» Cataphractus. The pogge or Armed Bull- head ..."

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