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gaff-top'sail cat"fish

Pronunciation: (gaf"top'sāl", -sul), [key]
a sea catfish, Bagre marinus, occurring in the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico from Cape Cod to Panama, and having the spine of the dorsal fin greatly prolonged and flattened. Also,gaff•top'sail cat"fish.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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