black ruff

noun

1. a large, blackish, pelagic fish, Centrolophus niger, of the Atlantic Ocean, chiefly along the coast of Europe.

Example Sentences

The wind played across his black ruff and his ears twitched from time to time as he listened to the birds and winds in his sleep.

From Literature

Morticia is very new season Alexander McQueen, in her filmy black lace and dreamy stare, while Kendall Jenner on the Giles catwalk last February, in black lipstick and ornate black ruff, was surely the prettiest take on Uncle Fester ever.

From The Guardian

At the lower part of the neck it wears a black ruff.

From Project Gutenberg

He was standing with his small head thrust forward upon a finely arched neck which was circled by a handsome outstanding black ruff, fully as wide as his body.

From Project Gutenberg

Her hair rose in a black ruff round her head, her eyes were very black in the sharp whiteness of her face.

From Project Gutenberg