pogge

[pog]

noun

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

pogge

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pogge¹

First recorded in 1665–75; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of pogge¹

C18: of unknown origin

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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