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Webster 1913 Edition

Tau

Tau

,
Noun.
[Gr.
ταῦ
the letter τ (English
T
).]
(Zool.)
The common American toadfish; – so called from a marking resembling the Greek letter
tau
(τ).
Tau cross
.
See Illust. 6, of
Cross
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tau

TAU

,
Noun.
The toad fish of Carolina, a species of Gadus.(G.tau.)
1.
A species of beetle; also, a species of moth, (Phalena;) also, a kind of fly, (Musca.)

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