1.
[syn: poacher, sea poacher, sea poker]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sea poacher \Sea" poach"er\ (s[=e]" p[=o]ch"[~e]r). Sea poker
\Sea" pok"er\ (s[=e]" p[=o]k"[~e]r). (Zool.)
The lyrie.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Poacher \Poach"er\ (p[=o]ch"[~e]r), n.
1. One who poaches; one who kills or catches game or fish
contrary to law.
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2. (Zool.) The American widgeon. [Local, U.S.]
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Sea poacher (Zool.), the lyrie.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lyrie \Ly"rie\ (l[imac]"r[i^]), n. [Icel. hl[=y]ri a sort of
fish.] (Zool.)
A European fish (Peristethus cataphractum), having the body
covered with bony plates, and having three spines projecting
in front of the nose; -- called also noble, pluck,
pogge, sea poacher, and armed bullhead.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sea poacher
n 1: small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony
plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters [syn:
poacher, sea poacher, sea poker]