bugler

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


a name given in Tasmania to the fish Centriscus scolopax, family Centriscidae; calledin Europe the Trumpet-fish, Bellows-fish, thelatter name being also used for it in Tasmania. The structureof the mouth and snout suggests a musical instrument, or,combined with the outline of the body, a pair of bellows. Thefish occurs also in Europe.

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