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Meaning of "ox-eye herring" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OX-EYE HERRING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OX-EYE HERRING

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Ox-Eye herring is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OX-EYE HERRING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ox-eye herring in the English dictionary

The definition of ox-eye herring in the dictionary is a herring-like sea fish, Megalops cyprinoides, of northern Australian waters, related to the tarpon.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OX-EYE HERRING

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oxazine
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oxeye

WORDS THAT END LIKE OX-EYE HERRING

barring
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occurring
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warring

Synonyms and antonyms of ox-eye herring in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ox-eye herring» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OX-EYE HERRING

Find out the translation of ox-eye herring to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ox-eye herring from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ox-eye herring» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

公牛眼鲱鱼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arenque ojo de buey
570 millions of speakers

English

ox-eye herring
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बैल की आँख हेरिंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرنجة ثور العين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

синица сельдь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arenque ox-eye
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গরুর মাংসের হরিণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hareng ox-eye
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Herring lembu mata
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ox-eye Hering
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

牛の目ニシン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

황소 눈 청어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Herring lembu mata
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cá trích bò mắt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாடு-கண் சிமிட்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑल-ऑंख हेरिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ok balığı ringa balığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aringa ox - eye
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ox-eye śledzia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

синиця оселедець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hering - ochi de bou
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρέγγα ox - eye
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bees - oog haring
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ox - eye sill
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ox -eye sild
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ox-eye herring

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OX-EYE HERRING»

The term «ox-eye herring» is used very little and occupies the 172.557 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OX-EYE HERRING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ox-eye herring

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OX-EYE HERRING»

Discover the use of ox-eye herring in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ox-eye herring and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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101 Fish: A Fly Fisher's Life List
Thousands of such tarpon have been caught in Florida in canals and on the flats, so I was puzzled. It turned out it wasn't a Florida tarpon, but another species that resembled it perfectly called an ox-eye herring. Those with me said it was true ...
Lefty Kreh, 2012
2
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections
There can be no doubt, in the writer's opinion," that the Australian fish, popularly known as the ox-eye herring, possesses " the most conspicuous potentialities for sport," and " would yield equally exciting sport on the same lines." Unlike its ...
‎1907
3
Contributions to the life histories of fishes
There can be no doubt, in the writer's opinion," that the Australian fish, popularly known as the ox-eye herring, possesses " the most conspicuous potentialities for sport." and " would yield equally exciting sport on the same lines." Unlike its ...
Theodore Gill, Smithsonian Institution, 1909
4
The letter of Dr. Diego Alvarez Chanca, dated 1484
There can be no doubt, in the writer's opinion," that the Australian fish, popularly known as the ox-eye herring, possesses " the most conspicuous potentialities for sport," and " would yield equally exciting sport on the same lines." Unlike its ...
Diego Alvarez Chanca, Augstine Marcus Fernández de Ybarra, 1907
5
Scottish Geographical Magazine
Another, still larger type, measuring occasionally no less than five feet, is the Ox- eye Herring (Mcgalops Excelling all its congeners in the development of the fine bones for which the herring family is so famous, it is scarcely as great a favourite  ...
‎1897
6
Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection
There can be no doubt, in the writer's opinion," that the Australian fish, popularly known as the ox-eye herring, possesses " the most conspicuous potentialities for sport," and " would yield equally exciting sport on the same lines." Unlike its ...
‎1882
7
The Naturalist in Australia
Enthusiastic anglers disposed to initiate similar exciting sport in Australian waters may be profitably referred to those pages. There can be no doubt, in the writer's opinion, that in addition to the Ox-eye Herring, Megalops cyprinoides, there ...
William Saville-Kent, 2014
8
Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to ...
ial-kap. n. a lock of hair. ial-pat, S. n. a comb. ial-sak, n. a comb, the old shape. ial , lal-poibl, v. crackle, make noise, as breaking stick, ialgai, v. tear, slit. lam, n. ox- eye herring (Megalops cyprinoides). iamar, n. a species of coral, branched. i&na,  ...
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Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to ...
ial-kap, n. a lock of hair, ial-pat, S. n. a comb, ial-sak, n. a comb, the old shape, iai , ial-poibi, v. crackle, make noise, as breaking , stick, ialgai, v. tear, slit. lam, n. ox- eye herring (Megalops cyprinoides). iamar, n. a species of coral, branched.
‎2011
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Monsoonal Australia: Landscape, Ecology and Man in Northern ...
Most of the diadro- mous species (e.g. ox-eye herring, anguillid eels, some fork- tailed catfish, silver barramundi and most mullet) in the regions appear to be catadromous, i.e. moving into fresh waters for feeding and refuge opportunities and ...
C.M. Haynes, M. Ridpath, M.A.J. Williams, 1991

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Ox-Eye herring [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ox-eye-herring>. May 2024 ».
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