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[Lat. the angel-fish (q. v).] Ichthy.: A synonym of Rhina (q. v.). squat-ter, s. [Eng. squat, v.; -er.] 1. One who squats or sits on his hams or heels 2. One who without a title settles on new or uncultivated land. In the early days of this country its meaning was confined to the foregoing sense. In Australia, formerly used as in the extract (q. v.); now, one who occupies an unsettled tract of land; as a sheep farm under lease from government at a nominal rent. "A squatter is a freed or ticket-of-leave man, who builds a hut with bark on unoccupied ground, buys or steals a few animals, sells spirits without a license, receives stolen goods, and so at last becomes rich and turns farmer; he is the horror of all his honest neighbors."-Darwin: Voyage Round World, ch. xxi.