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cottus

/ ˈkɒtəs /

noun

  1. a scorpaenoid fish of the family Cottidae; the type genus, having four yellowish knobs on its head See also cottid

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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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