bogue

Meanings

Plural: bogues

Noun

A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).
A bayou or waterway.

Verb

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

Origin / 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.

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