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Definition of Agaphelus gibbosus

Agaphelus gibbosus
Scrag Scrag (skr[a^]g), n. [Cf. dial. Sw. skraka a great dry tree, a long, lean man, Gael. sgreagach dry, shriveled, rocky. See Shrink, and cf. Scrog, Shrag, n.] 1. Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck. Lady MacScrew, who . . . serves up a scrag of mutton on silver. --Thackeray. 2. A rawboned person. [Low] --Halliwell. 3. A ragged, stunted tree or branch. Scrag whale (Zo["o]l.), a North Atlantic whalebone whale (Agaphelus gibbosus). By some it is considered the young of the right whale.

Meaning of Agaphelus gibbosus from wikipedia

- devilfish, gray back, mussel digger and rip sack. The name Eschrichtius gibbosus is sometimes seen; this is dependent on the acceptance of a 1777 description...
- Balaenoptera eschrichtii Rasch, 1845 Pterobalaena minor Eschricht, 1849 Agaphelus gibbosus Cope, 1868 Balaenoptera davidsoni Scammon, 1872 Sibbaldius mondinii...