Search Result for "bessy cerca":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. tropical Atlantic fish;
[syn: queen triggerfish, Bessy cerca, oldwench, oldwife, Balistes vetula]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

oldwife \oldwife\ n. 1. (Zool.) The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus), the American alewife, etc. [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Zool.) A tropical Atlantic fish (Bessy cerca). [WordNet sense 1] Syn: queen triggerfish, Bessy cerca, oldwench, Balistes vetula. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) A common long-tailed sea duck (Clangula hyemalis) of the northern parts of the US; also called old squaw. [WordNet sense 2] Syn: old squaw, Clangula hyemalis. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Bessy cerca n 1: tropical Atlantic fish [syn: queen triggerfish, Bessy cerca, oldwench, oldwife, Balistes vetula]