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bogue

noun
/boʊɡ//boːɡ/

Etymology

Related to Spanish boga (“a ray-finned fish; Leporinus obtusidens”), from Late Latin bōca, bōx; Box vulgaris is an older name for Boops boops. Compare the obsolete term boce for this fish.

  1. derived from bok

Definitions

  1. A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).

  2. A bayou or waterway.

  3. To fall off from the wind

    To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A surname.

    2. An important strait in the Pearl River Delta between Guangzhou and the South China Sea.

    3. A town in Kansas.

    4. A town in North Carolina.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA