[syn: rock gunnel, butterfish, Pholis gunnellus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gunnel \Gun"nel\, n. [See Gunwale.]
1. A gunwale.
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2. (Zool.) A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus
Mur[ae]noides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and
America; -- called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock
eel.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
dollar \dol"lar\, n. [D. daalder, LG. dahler, G. thaler, an
abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, i. e., a piece of money first
coined, about the year 1518, in the valley (G. thal) of St.
Joachim, in Bohemia. See Dale.]
1.
(a) A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25
grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is,
having a total weight of 412.5 grains.
(b) A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22
grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is,
having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths
fine. It is no longer coined.
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Note: Previous to 1837 the silver dollar had a larger amount
of alloy, but only the same amount of silver as now,
the total weight being 416 grains. The gold dollar as a
distinct coin was first made in 1849. The eagles, half
eagles, and quarter eagles coined before 1834 contained
24.75 grains of gold and 2.25 grains of alloy for each
dollar.
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2. A coin of the same general weight and value as the United
States silver dollar, though differing slightly in
different countries, formerly current in Mexico, Canada,
parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other
European countries.
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3. The value of a dollar; the unit of currency, differing in
value in different countries, commonly employed in the
United States and a number of other countries, including
Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, parts of the Carribbean,
Liberia, and several others.
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Chop dollar. See under 9th Chop.
Dollar fish (Zool.), a fish of the United States coast
(Stromateus triacanthus), having a flat, roundish form
and a bright silvery luster; -- called also butterfish,
and Lafayette. See Butterfish.
Trade dollar, a silver coin formerly made at the United
States mint, intended for export, and not legal tender at
home. It contained 378 grains of silver and 42 grains of
alloy.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Butterfish \But"ter*fish`\, n. (Zool.)
A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to
their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus
triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus
punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the
kelpfish of New Zealand.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
butterfish
n 1: any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth
skin
2: small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble
spines [syn: butterfish, stromateid fish, stromateid]
3: slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal
waters [syn: rock gunnel, butterfish, Pholis gunnellus]