Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The so-called Prussian carp, Carassius vulgaris or gibelio, having no barbules, supposed to have been introduced into Great Britain from Germany. It is a good table-fish, but seldom weighs more than half a pound.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A kind of carp (
Cyprinus gibelio ); -- called alsoPrussian carp .
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Examples
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Elagabalus from the idol of that god, represented by Herodian and the medals in the form of a mountain, (gibel in Hebrew,) or great stone cut to a point, with marks which represent the sun.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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'Beruna!' he shouted, 'gibel a chiv for the gentry cove.' [
Venetia Benjamin Disraeli 1842
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Lamprid. in Elagab.,) derives the name of Elagabalus from the idol of that god, represented by Herodian and the medals in the form of a mountain, (gibel in Hebrew,) or great stone cut to a point, with marks which represent the sun.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Edward Gibbon 1765
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