Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of gobioid fishes found in fresh waters of the West Indies and Brazil: typified by G. guavina, of the rivers of Cuba.
- noun A name applied in Cuba to the elongate, flat-headed gobies.
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Examples
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The lake is in general well stocked with fish; though it furnishes only three kinds, the flesh of which is soft and insipid, the guavina, the vagre, and the sardina.
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The guavina, of which I made a drawing on the spot, is 20 inches long and 3.5 broad.
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The lake is in general well stocked with fish; though it furnishes only three kinds, the flesh of which is soft and insipid, the guavina, the vagre, and the sardina.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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The guavina, of which I made a drawing on the spot, is 20 inches long and 3.5 broad.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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