eel-poutn.
1. A marine fish of the family Zoarcidæ, esp. the viviparous blenny, Zoarces viviparus; also formerly applied to the burbot n.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Blennioidei > member of family Zoarcidae (klipfish)
eel-poutOE
green-bone1525
rockfish1731
mutton-fish1736
klipfish1790
the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > lota lota (burbot)
eel-poutOE
burbota1475
quab1598
lote1611
coney fish1721
OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 228 Capito, myne uel ælepute.
OE Ælfric's Colloquy (1991) 27 Quales pisces capis? Anguillas et lucios, menas et capitones : hwilce fixas gefehst þu? ælas & hacodas, mynas & æleputan.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes An eelepout.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 246 A kind of Lamprels or Elepouts like to sea Lampreis.
1740 R. Brookes Art of Angling i. xli. 87 The Eel-Pout or Burbot..has a smooth, soft, slippery Body like an Eel.
1772 in P. L. Phillips Notes B. Romans (1924) 124 There are three species of Eel Ponts [sic], but these are in every Sea or River on the Earth besides.
1811 P. Neill in Mem. Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc. 1 533 B. viviparus. Viviparous Blenny; Green bone. Here this species sometimes gets the names of Eelpout and Guffer.
1842 Nat. Hist. N.Y., Zool. iv. 155 The thick-lipped Eel-pout..is caught on the coast.
1863 J. Couch Hist. Fishes Brit. Islands III. 93 The Burbolt is..distinguished by exhibiting some of the manners of the eel, by which it has obtained in some places the name of Eelpout.
1885 J. S. Kingsley Standard Nat. Hist. (1888) III. 259 Mutton-fish,..eel-pout, and lamper-eel are names bestowed on the Zoarces anguillaris.
1905 D. S. Jordan Guide Study of Fishes II. xxix. 518 The Zoarcidæ, or eel-pouts, have the body elongate.
1969 A. Wheeler Fishes Brit. Isles & N.-W. Europe 448 Eelpouts often lie under stones or buried in mud.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > of unidentified or unspecified type
honeysuckOE
honeysucklea1300
floscampya1398
poppya1400
siphany1509
flour-dammesa1522
ageratum1567
rose of Sharon1585
belamour1595
sea violet1601
Bacchus-bole1725
eel-pout1736
torch-flower1849
the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs
weldc1374
turmeric1545
yellow berry1652
fust1682
Avignon berry1728
eel-pout1736
yellowroot1755
quercitron1785
brass-colour1797
fustet1821
tesu1823
morin1833
datiscin1835
maize1838
picric acid1838
xanthin1838
moric acid1839
purree1844
nitrophenisic acid1845
rubiacin1848
flavin1853
orellin1857
fustic1858
maize colour1859
fusteric1860
Manchester yellow1862
chrysaniline1864
ilixanthin1865
flavaniline1882
sun-yellow1884
butter yellow1887
African turmeric1888
Indian turmeric1890
weld yellow1899
1736 N. Bailey Dict. Domesticum 141 Butter..As for that which is tinged with eel pouts, it not only deceives the sight, but is very often disagreeable to the taste.
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