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Definition for GILT'HEAD
GILT
GILT'TAIL
GILT'HEAD
, n. [gilt and head.]
In ichthyology, a fish or a genus of fishes, the Sparus, of many spectes; so named from their color, or from a golden spot between the eyes. Encyc.
A bird. Hakewill.
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