pogge

American  

[pog] / pɒg /

noun

1. a poacher, Agonus cataphractus, common near the British Isles and ranging north to Greenland and Iceland.

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pogge British  

/ pɒɡ /

noun

1. Also called: armed bullhead.  a European marine scorpaenoid fish, Agonus cataphractus, of northern European waters, with a large head, long thin tail, and body completely covered with bony plates: family Agonidae

2. any other fish of the family Agonidae

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Etymology

Origin of pogge

First recorded in 1665–75; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

As Ohio State University's Astronomer Richard Pogge notes, The Celtic Solar Calendar and Japanese Luni-Solar Calendars used the cross-quarter days to mark the beginning of the various seasons.

From Salon

Knight, a 2019 top draft pick by the Florida Panthers, earned his third shutout of the tournament, tying the record set by Canada’s Devon Levi this year and Justin Pogge in 2006.

From Washington Times

Cunningham and UNC associate athletics director Paul Pogge recently sent a memo outlining concerns to a law committee examining whether to craft a standardized athlete-compensation law for states to adopt.

From Washington Times

The memo, prepared by North Carolina athletics director Bubba Cunningham and associate athletics director Paul Pogge, was sent last week to a law committee examining whether to craft a standardized athlete-compensation law for states to adopt.

From Seattle Times

Philosopher Thomas Pogge, who specializes in global justice at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, says that to keep rising anti-immigration sentiment in check, it is important for authorities to show that they can detect any refugees who pretend to be younger than they are.

From Nature