Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of marsh or aquatic plants, of the natural order Halorageæ; the mare's-tails.
- noun In zoology, a genus of fishes.
- noun [lowercase] In anatomy, the leash of nerves in which the spinal cord ends; the cauda equina, or horsetail.
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One of these fish, the dorado Coryphæna hippuris is even sometimes called a ‘dolphin’.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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One of these fish, the dorado Coryphæna hippuris is even sometimes called a ‘dolphin’.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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