Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of the family Elopidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of fishes. See
saury . - noun obsolete A mythical serpent.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Elopidae: tenpounder
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Examples
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The bonito has the gall-bladder stretched alongside the gut and equalling it in length, and often a double fold of it. others have the organ in the region of the gut; in some cases far off, in others near; as the fishing-frog, the elops, the synagris, the muraena, and the sword-fish.
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Leads innovation and category management initiatives; jointly dev elops the product/category strategies with the customer
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raven_in_the_woods commented on the word elops
Elops saurus. the ladyfish.
August 3, 2010