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methies

methies is the plural of methy.

Meaning of methy

Noun

methy (plural methies)

  1. (Canada, US, dated) The burbot.
    • The occow, or river perch, termed also horn-fish, piccarel, or doré, is common, but is not so much esteemed as the attihhawmeg. It attains the length of twenty inches in these lakes. The methy is another common fish; it is the gadus lota, or burbot, of Europe.1824, John Franklin, Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, volume 1, page 144

Questions about methies

What is methies the plural of?
Methies is the plural of methy.

Words near methies in the dictionary

  1. methicillin
  2. methicillins
  3. methidathion
  4. methide
  5. methides
  6. methies
  7. methiglum
  8. Methil
  9. Methilhill
  10. methimazole
  11. methimazoles

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