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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In entomology, a genus of coleopterous insects.
- noun In ichthyology: An old generic name (Klein, 1745) of the angel-fish or monk-fish: now called
Squatina . SeeRhinæ . - noun A genus of rays of the family Rhinobatidæ, having a broad and obtuse snout, as R. ancylostomus. Also called
Rhamphobatis .
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But the rhina or angel-fish, and other like fishes where the tail is large, copulate only by rubbing against one another sideways, belly to belly.
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Of cartilaginous fishes, the rhina or angelfish is the only one that breeds twice; for it breeds at the beginning of autumn, and at the setting of the Pleiads: and, of the two seasons, it is in better condition in the autumn.
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