houndfish
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The houndfish is just the latest example of a subtropical species finding its way to the Massachusetts coast.
From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2020
According to an online database of observed sea life maintained by Duke University, houndfish, the species caught by Boylan, have been spotted only twice north of Cape Hatteras, N.C., and never in Massachusetts.
From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2020
The Boylans would soon learn Terrence had hooked a houndfish, a warm-water species that may never have been caught before along the Massachusetts shore.
From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2020
For hot colors, Vernon says lures with abalone inserts in greenish or blackish tints are the ticket when wahoo are feeding on houndfish, as they often are along reefs in the Bahamas.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a select company of houndfish and sharks that we had disturbed, lying hellishly in wait there for the prey of the incoming tide.
From Pieces of Eight by Le Gallienne, Richard
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