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This is a list of fictional fish from literature, animation and movies. This includes sharks and eels , both of which are fish. Cetaceans and seacows are aquatic mammals , not fish, and shellfish are mollusks , not fish, so they are therefore excluded.
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Moosewood may refer to: Acer pensylvanicum, a species of maple known variously as striped maple, moosewood and moose maple; Viburnum lantanoides, a species of shrub in the family Caprifoliaceae; Dirca, a genus of deciduous shrubs in the family Thymelaeaceae, known variously as leatherwood, moosewood, ropebark and wicopy
Bahamut, according to Lane's abstract of a particular Islamic work on cosmography, is a giant fish acting as one of the layers that supports the earth. [13] It is so immense "[all] the seas of the world, placed in one of the fish's nostrils, would be like a mustard seed laid in the desert". [13]
Scales on the Big Fish or Salmon of Knowledge sculpture, which celebrates the return of fish to the River Lagan. In Irish mythology, several primordial beings that personify old age and ancient knowledge are described as taking the shape of a salmon. Most notably, this includes Fintan mac Bóchra and Tuan mac Cairill.
Dirca is a genus of three or four species of flowering plants in the family Thymelaeaceae, native to North America.The genus is named after Dirce in Greek mythology.The general common name for this deciduous shrub is leatherwood; other names include moosewood, ropebark and the Powhatan-derived name wicopy, referring to its use as a fiber, wigub in the Algonquin languages.
Wooden fish are often (in Chinese temples) placed on the left of the altar, alongside a bell bowl, its metal percussion counterpart. Wooden fish often rest on a small embroidered cushion to prevent unpleasant knocking sounds caused from the fish lying on the surface of a hard table or ground, as well as to avoid damage to the instrument.