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Marine bony fish. It is about 30 cm/12 in long and less than 2 kg/4.4 lb in weight. It occurs in the North Sea and the Arctic Ocean. The bib is of little commercial importance, but the young fish are often found close inshore in large shoals where they may be caught by anglers.

Classification

The bib Trisopterus luscus belongs to the order Gadiformes (which also contains the cod, whiting, and haddock), class Osteichthyes.



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Summer and winter she wore a dimity kerchief fastened in the back with a pin, a cap which concealed her hair, a red skirt, grey stockings, and an apron with a bib like those worn by hospital nurses.
A Simple Soul by Flaubert, Gustave View in context
Toto sat at one end of this table with a bib tied around his neck and a silver platter to eat from.
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Grose herself for, the pleasure I could see her feel in my admiration and wonder as I sat at supper with four tall candles and with my pupil, in a high chair and a bib, brightly facing me, between them, over bread and milk.
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