cottus

/ (ˈkɒtəs) /

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noun

a scorpaenoid fish of the family Cottidae; the type genus, having four yellowish knobs on its headSee also cottid

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Words nearby cottus

cottonwood, cotton wool, cotton-wool patches, cottony, cottony-cushion scale, cottus, cotula, cotunnite, coturnix, Coty, cotyledon

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How to use cottus in a sentence

This passage therefore through the mountains is said by some to have been the work of Hercules: by others of Cottus, and Cottius.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I.|Jacob Bryant
Cottus scorpius, Father Lasher, commonly taken by the shrimpers.
Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk|Thomas Browne
He had a brudder name' Tushus en' ernudder name' Cottus en' ernudder name' Squinchus.
The Conjure Woman|Charles W. Chesnutt
A name on the west coast of Scotland for the pogge, or miller's thumb (Cottus cataphractus).
The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth

The male of the Cottus scorpius, or sea-scorpion, is more slender and smaller than the female.
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex|Charles Darwin