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Meaning:
Noun:
- A group of saltwater fish from the ''Zebrasoma '' genus, also known as the surgeon fish.
- A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position.
- A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
- A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
- A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
- figurative A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
- obsolete A tongue.
- rare A coarse blackish seaweed (''Fuscus nodosus'').
- The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
- The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
- The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
- The tongue of a buckle.
- _|slang The vagina; intercourse with a woman.
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Verb:
- beekeeping To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.
[Eva Crane, ''The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting'', Taylor & Francis (1999), ISBN 0415924677, page 239.][Hilda M. Ransome, ''The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore'', Courier Dover Publications (2004), ISBN 048643494X, page 225.]
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