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any of several freshwater fishes of the order Labyrinthi, found in southeastern Asia and Africa, having a labyrinthine structure above each gill chamber enabling them to breathe air while out of water.

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La Bruyère, Labuan, laburnum, labyrinth, labyrinthectomy, labyrinth fish, labyrinthine, labyrinthine angiospasm, labyrinthine fluid, labyrinthine nystagmus, labyrinthine vein

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When Chérif got out of prison, he worked at the fish counter of a supermarket.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“The government just wanted to catch the big fish [in the Juarez cartel] and they ignored everything in between,” Lozoya said.
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Kocurek documented the scene with notes and diagrams, and called the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired.|David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife officer corroborated another account.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired.|David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

A Fish and Wildlife special agent collected the bodies of two birds at the site, a redhead duck and a mourning dove.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired.|David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He must be The saltest fish that swims the sea.And, oh!He has a secret woe!
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He looked up from his fish and replied, somewhat cuttingly, "By contesting a borough and getting elected."
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Smoking, the angry and fuming king protests, had made our manners as rude as those of the fish-wives of Dieppe.
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But what if I catch the fish by using a hired boat and a hired net, or by buying worms as bait from some one who has dug them?
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The Taube has been bothering us again, but wound up its manœuvres very decently by killing some fish for our dinner.
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British Dictionary definitions for labyrinth fish

labyrinth fish

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any tropical freshwater spiny-finned fish of the family Anabantidae of SE Asia and Africa, having a lunglike respiratory organSee also anabantid

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