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leath·er·jack·et

 (lĕth′ər-jăk′ĭt)

n.

1. A silvery blue carangid fish (Oligoplites saurus) of eastern Pacific and western Atlantic waters, having leathery skin and yellow fins.

2. Any of various other fishes having tough skin, including the filefishes and the triggerfishes.

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leatherjacket

(ˈlɛðəˌdʒækɪt)

n

1. (Animals) any of various tropical carangid fishes of the genera Oligoplites and Scomberoides, having a leathery skin

2. (Animals) any of various brightly coloured tropical triggerfishes of the genus Monacanthus and related genera

3. (Animals) the greyish-brown tough-skinned larva of certain craneflies, esp of the genus Tipula, which destroy the roots of grasses, etc

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun1.leatherjacket - any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes

filefish - narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine

2.leatherjacket - any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales

jack - any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas

3.leatherjacket - tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies

grub - a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects

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Translations

säppikalatoukkavaaksiainen

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My personal tastes lean towards boneless white meat-fish and shellfish, such as the Mahi-mahi (Ghost Head Knife), the Leatherjacket (Peel Skin Fish), and live lobster or crab.

Once the heat hits the ground on a cool morning, the leatherjacket larvae start hatching and bumbling their way around, seeking out a mate.

argentinae (Luque et al., 2002), lane snapper Lutjanus synagris (Cavalcanti et al., 2013), mutton snapper Lutjanus analis (Hermida et al., 2014), blue runner Caranx crysos, castin leatherjacket Oligoplites saliens and largehead hairtail Trichiurus lepturus (Carvalho-Souza et al., 2009), and the former have reported by the first time its occurrence in the Baia de Cotegipe, Bahia, Northeast Brazil.

A previous study on the diet of the fanbellied leatherjacket, Monacanthus chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) did report on the predation on Microdictyon umbilicatum (Velley) Zanardini, 1862 (Conacher, Lanzing, & Larkum, 1979).

The affected area is an important spawning ground for many commercial species including the bluefin leatherjacket and swordtip squid, according to environmental group Greenpeace in East Asia and Japan.

Our results reveal that there were 2 groupings of species that showed high occurrence and attained the highest biomass in specific water masses in the SBB in the spring-summer season: 1) the grouping that was strongly related to SACW and was composed mostly of Argentine anchoita, Atlantic cutlassfish, rough scad, piquitinga anchovy, white snake mackerel, and Atlantic chub mackerel and 2) the grouping that was formed mostly by Brazilian sardinella, flying gurnard, false pilchard, American coastal pellona, Atlantic thread herring, castin leatherjacket, and Atlantic bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus) and was strongly associated with CW and areas of mixing between CW and SACW.

The black leatherjacket with blue jeans and black utility boots is too Tom Cruise.

Looking at the designer leatherjacket and loafers, I was leaning more toward my theory of a government intelligence agent, so of course he wouldn't have problems at roadblocks.

Little Rock, AR, May 17, 2014 --(PR.com)-- LeatherJacket.tv, an online retailer of exclusive celebrity style leather jackets, announces the official launch of its web store today.

Hewasn't wearing a suit; he had on blue trousers and a leatherjacket. He called out affectionately, "Arturo!

Tench described the range of fish as being 'from a whale to a gudgeon', mentioning 'sharks of monstrous size, skait [sic], rock-cod, grey-mullet, bream, horse-mackarel [sic], now and then a sole and john-dory and innumerable others unknown in Europe' as well as bass, leatherjacket and snapper (Tench 1789:128-29, 1793:176 [1979:69, 272]).

The leatherjacket option, though, is more feasible because I like riding too much.


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