gasp·er

(găs′pər)

n. Chiefly British Slang

A cigarette.

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gasper

(ˈɡɑːspə)

1. a person who gasps

2. old-fashioned slang Brit a cheap cigarette

3. informal something that shocks one or causes one to gasp in astonishment

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cig•a•rette

or cig•a•ret

(ˌsɪg əˈrɛt, ˈsɪg əˌrɛt)

n.

a narrow, short roll of finely cut tobacco cured for smoking, usu. wrapped in thin paper.

[1820–30; < French, =cigare cigar + -ette -ette]

Translations

gasper

[ˈgɑːspəʳ] N (Brit) → pito m, pitillo m

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gasper

n (Brit inf) → Glimmstängel m (dated inf)

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Introduced Flatheads

In the current study, we assessed diet metrics of age-0 (those individuals born within the last year) freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens [Rafinesque]) and goldeye and mooneye (Hiodon alosoides [Rafinesque], Hiodon tergisus [Lesueur]) to determine trophic responses by fishes to creation of chute shallow-water habitats on the lower Missouri River.

Diet composition of age-0 fishes in created habitats of the Lower Missouri River

A: These pieces are bones from a freshwater drum. Also known as sheepshead, drum are heavy-bodied fish with blunt heads and pronounced humpbacks.

Ask the biologist

One of the native residents of the Missouri River is the freshwater drum, Aplodinotus grunniens.

Assessment of variation in age, growth, and prey of freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) in the lower Missouri River

The Freshwater Drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, is the only North American member of the family Sciaenidae that lives in freshwater.

Ontogeny of body shape and diet in Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens)

IMAGINE YOUR LUCKY LURE SAILING INTO THE DISTANCE AS YOUR LINE PARTED HALFWAY THROUGH A CAST, OR FINDING A RANCID FRESHWATER DRUM IN YOUR FRONT LIVEWELL.

Pranked

Freshwater drum, previously thought not to be susceptible to the virus, suffered a massive die-off on Canada's side of the St Lawrence River.

NFHS responds to an emerging conservation challenge

The virus, which poses no threat to humans, infects round gobies, muskellunge, freshwater drum, smallmouth bass, bullhead, yellow perch and crappie, but more study is needed to determine all the species at risk.

North America VSA research

At 12 pounds, it was far from the largest fish I'd ever arrowed, but for a lake dwelling freshwater drum it was huge!

Beating the drum: even though plentiful, freshwater drum can be tough to hunt. These tips will help you beat the odds

alatus require the freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) as a fish host (Watters, 1994), and we cannot explain the rarity of P.

FRESHWATER MUSSELS (UNIONIDAE) OF THE WOLF RIVER IN WESTERN TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI

Amelia Whalen of Witherbee caught a record-breaking freshwater drum from Lake Champlain in Essex County on June 4, 2016.

NY's great fishing

However, Vaughn (2012) argued that mussels with attraction displays had greater colonization rates, while species reproducing less frequently or relying on fish like gar or Freshwater Drum that dispersed long distances, had higher extinction rates.

The population ecology of the threatened inflated Heelsplitter, Potamilus inflatus, in the Amite River, Louisiana