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sea poacher

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sea-poach⋅er

[see-poh-cher]
–noun
poacher 1 (def. 2).

Origin:
1800–10

poach⋅er

1[poh-cher]
–noun
1. a person who trespasses on private property, esp. to catch fish or game illegally.
2. Also called sea-poacher. any of several slender, marine fishes of the family Agonidae, found chiefly in deeper waters of the North Pacific, having the body covered with bony plates.

Origin:
1660–70; poach 1 + -er 1
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sea poacher

noun
small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters [syn: poacher
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