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Word: Gilthead
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Elyot (c1490–1546), humanist and diplomat. From gilt + head
Definition:
Any of several marine fishes having golden markings on the head; especially a bream of the Mediterranean and north-east Atlantic, Sparus aurata.
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