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Forkbeard

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Fork´beard`
n.1.(Zool.) A European fish (Raniceps raninus), having a large flat head; - also called tadpole fish, and lesser forked beard.


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Species such as forkbeard, black scabbardfish, greater silver smelt and roundnose grenadier grow and reproduce far more slowly than fish in shallower waters and are far more vulnerable to overfishing.
His descendents included Erik Bloodaxe, Sweyn Forkbeard and Harold Bluetooth - not, I hasten to add, the pioneer of wireless technology that bears his name.
 
 
 
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