spearer

Forthwith in came a small, mean, wizzened-faced man of about sixty, dressed in a black coat and hat, drab breeches and gaiters, and looking more like a decayed Methodist preacher than a spearer of imperial salmon.

Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery 2004

So, this -- what I saw, on every single mantis shrimp limb, whether it's a spearer or a smasher, is a beautiful saddle-shaped structure right on the top surface of the limb.

Sheila Patek clocks the fastest animals 2004

So, this -- what I saw, on every single mantis shrimp limb, whether it's a spearer or a smasher, is a beautiful saddle-shaped structure right on the top surface of the limb.

Sheila Patek clocks the fastest animals 2004

So, this -- what I saw, on every single mantis shrimp limb, whether it's a spearer or a smasher, is a beautiful saddle-shaped structure right on the top surface of the limb.

Sheila Patek clocks the fastest animals 2004

They are hardly known to the mere angler, however, not often biting at his baits, though the spearer carries home many a mess in the spring.

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers 1849

But they went too far, and of eight daughters only three came back to the mother, and these wept and said, 'We only went a little way out, and the ugly eel-spearer came immediately and stabbed five of our sisters to death.'

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen 1840

'Don't go too far,' said their mother; 'the ugly eel-spearer might come and snap you all up.'

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen 1840

'Do not go far, lest the horrible eel-spearer should come, and take you all away.'

The Sand-Hills of Jutland 1840

But they went too far; and of eight daughters only three came back to the eel-mother, and these wept and said, 'We only went a little way before the door, and the ugly eel spearer came directly, and stabbed five of our party to death.'

What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Alfred Walter Bayes 1840

-- The 2010 sturgeon-spearing season has opened in record-setting fashion, as one spearer nabbed a fish weighing a whopping 212 pounds.

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