Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fish which was said to void excrements when pursued; according to some, a fish which when eaten produces laxness of the bowels.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish considered poisonous by the ancients. See
mendole .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
mendole ; a smallMediterranean fish considered poisonous by the ancients.
Etymologies
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Old French caquerel, cagarel, from the root of English cack.
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