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Meaning of STARGASER

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Star"gas`er\, n.
1. One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in
   derision or contempt, an astronomer.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of spiny-rayed
   marine fishes belonging to {Uranoscopus}, {Astroscopus},
   and allied genera, of the family {Uranoscopid[ae]}. The
   common species of the Eastern United States are
   {Astroscopus anoplus}, and {A. guttatus}. So called from
   the position of the eyes, which look directly upward.
 
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