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Nébuleux (because it is dozid-coloured when fried), the Labrus
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(_Labrus maculatus_,) covered with a network of vermilion meshes on a brown and white ground, is the most elegant.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Various
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No. 2, inferior bone and teeth of a large fish allied to Labrus or Chrysophrys; No. 3, left side, pre-maxillary, possibly same species; and No. 4, lower right mandible of Sphrodon grandoculis, Rüppell.
The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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And then the striped bass, the _Labrus lineatus_, the king of saltwater game fish -- what splendid sport they furnished!
Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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- Labrus brunneus, oUiculo fecun» do pinnaruni vcntralium letiformi.
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225 Dr.C. Carter Blake examined the four brought home, and identified No. 1, superior pharyngeal bone and teeth (Scarus); No. 2, inferior bone and teeth of a large fish allied to Labrus or Chrysophrys; No. 3, left side, pre-maxillary, possibly same species; and No. 4, lower right mandible of Sphœrodon grandoculis, Rüppell.
The Land of Midian 2003
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(because it is dozid-coloured when fried), the Labrus Niloticus from its labra or large fleshy lips.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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