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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In ichthyology, a genus of pimelepteroid fishes, variously limited, containing species of the southern Pacific.

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  • The orcys or large-sized tunny, the scorpis, and many other species spawn in the open sea.

    The History of Animals 2002

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