Definition of Gillaroos

1. gillaroo [n] - See also: gillaroo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gillaroos

gill-less
gill-over-the-ground
gill arch
gill arch skeleton
gill bailer
gill bar
gill cleft
gill clefts
gill cover
gill fungus
gill net
gill raker
gill slit
gill trama
gillaroo
gillaroos (current term)
gilled
giller
gillers
gillespite
gillet
gillets
gillhouse
gillhouses
gilli-flower
gilli-flowers
gillian
gillie
gillie gilly
gillied

Literary usage of Gillaroos

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

1. The Natural History of Ireland by William Thompson, James R. Garrett, George Dickie (1856)
"The boatman examined a number of these trout, and found they were gillaroos, with hard stomachs and shell-fish in them. All the fish were of a very small ..."

2. Salmonia: Days of Fly Fishing. In a Series of Conversations; with Some by Humphry Davy (1832)
"... of eating shell-fish, and were gradually changed to gillaroos and to char; their red spots and the yellow colour of their belly and fins inc reasing. ..."

3. Wild Sports of the West: With Legendary Tales, and Local Sketches by William Hamilton Maxwell (1843)
"These trout have been found to weigh upwards of twelve pounds, and are said to be in shape and colour like large gillaroos, and of superior flavour when ..."

4. Salmonia: Or: Days of Fly Fishing. In a Series of Conversations; with Some by Humphry Davy (1832)
"... their stomachs by feeding on larvae with hard cases, gained the power of eating shell-fish, and were gradually changed to gillaroos and . to char; ..."

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