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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1710
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ANCHOR-FISH, n. The great cuttle-fish, Sepia Loligo.Edb. 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife and Kinross 54:
Loligo, the Slieve Fish; our Fishers call it the Hose-fish, or the Anchor-fish, 'tis some three Foot long.
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