Call ichthys

[Gr. kalos, beautiful, and ichthys, a fish.] ( Zool.) A genus of abdominal Malacopterygious fishes, family Silurid a. The body and head are protected by large, hard, scaly plates; the mouth is furnished with four long cirri; the teeth are very small the eyes are also small, and situated on the side of the head. They are natives of South America and other hot climates, where the rivers frequently dry up; and they cannot only live for a considerable time out of water, but they are said to perform long journeys over land, directing their course to some other stream. Call i coon, or Col'licoon, in New York, a township of Sullivan_co., on the Delaware River, 90 m. S.W. of Albany. Cal'licoon Creek, in New York, Sullivan co., falling into the Delaware River. Cal'licoon Depot, in New York, a post-office of Sul livan co. Callicrat'idas, a Spartan general, who lived in the 4th cent. B. c., and succeeded Lysander in the command of the Lacedæmonian fleet. He took Methymne, and blockaded Conon, in Mitylene, but was conquered and killed the same year by the A then i ans, at Arginusæ. Cal'lid, a . [Lat. callid us .] Crafty; cunning; shrewd. (R.) Callid'ity, n. [Lat. callid it as .] Cunning, shrewdne ; craftine .