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cottus

/ ˈkɒtəs /

noun

  1. a scorpaenoid fish of the family Cottidae; the type genus, having four yellowish knobs on its head See also cottid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

This passage therefore through the mountains is said by some to have been the work of Hercules: by others of Cottus, and Cottius.

Cottus scorpius, Father Lasher, commonly taken by the shrimpers.

He had a brudder name' Tushus en' ernudder name' Cottus en' ernudder name' Squinchus.

A name on the west coast of Scotland for the pogge, or miller's thumb (Cottus cataphractus).

The male of the Cottus scorpius, or sea-scorpion, is more slender and smaller than the female.

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