Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of serranoid fishes.
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- noun a genus of Serranidae
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The name rochet (from the medieval roccus) was scarcely in use before the thirteenth century.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Besides tunica, it also bore the name of tunicella; dalmatica minor; dalmatica linea, or simply linea; tunica stricta, or merely stricta; subdiaconale; roccus; alba; and, especially in
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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