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cottus
/ ˈkɒtəs /
noun
a scorpaenoid fish of the family Cottidae; the type genus, having four yellowish knobs on its head See also cottid
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The ancients were not well agreed who they were: some even said that they were Cottus, Briareus, and Gyges, the sons of Tellus and the sun.
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The male of the Cottus scorpius, or sea-scorpion, is more slender and smaller than the female.
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The catfish of North America is a species of cottus, or bull-head.
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Thus we meet with various species of Cottus as far south as California and Japan, on the American and Asiatic coasts of the Pacific respectively.
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The genus Cottus, like Gasterosteus, is certainly Arctic in origin.
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