sauries
Variant of saury
saury
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saury (sôr′ē)
noun pl. sauries -·ries
any of a family (Scomberesocidae, order Atheriniformes) of small, marine bony fishes that live near the surface of temperate seas, with a long slender body, projecting beak, and series of small fins following the dorsal and anal fins
Etymology: prob. < ModL saurus, fish < Gr sauros, horse mackerel, lizard
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