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recapitulation

(Encyclopedia)recapitulation, theory, stated as the biogenetic law by E. H. Haeckel, that the embryological development of the individual repeats the stages in the evolutionary development of the species. For examp...

frozen foods

(Encyclopedia)frozen foods, products of the food preservation process of freezing. This process has been employed by people in the Arctic from prehistoric times. Eskimos throw fresh-caught fish on the ice to freeze...

paddlefish

(Encyclopedia)paddlefish, large freshwater fish, Polyodon spathula, of the Mississippi valley, also called spoonbill or duckbill and named for its flattened, paddle-shaped snout. The largest specimens weigh well ov...

drum, in zoology

(Encyclopedia)drum, fish: see croaker.

curing

(Encyclopedia)curing: see fish curing.

spadefish

(Encyclopedia)spadefish: see tang, fish.

torpedo , in zoology

(Encyclopedia)torpedo, fish: see ray.

skate

(Encyclopedia)skate, fish: see ray.

spot

(Encyclopedia)spot, fish: see croaker.

dorado

(Encyclopedia)dorado: see dolphin, fish.