greenbone

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English

Etymology

From green +‎ bone, because the bones are green when boiled.

Noun

greenbone (plural greenbones)

  1. Any garfish (Belone or Strongylosura).
  2. The European eelpout.
  3. (New Zealand) A common food fish, Odax pullus

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “greenbone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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