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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Needlefish \Nee"dle*fish'\, noun (Zo["o]l.) (a) The European great pipefish ({Siphostoma acus} or {Syngnathus acus}); -- called also {earl}, and {tanglefish}. (b) The garfish.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Earl \Earl\, noun (Zo["o]l.) The needlefish. [Ireland]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Earl \Earl\, noun [OE. eorl, erl, AS. eorl man, noble; akin to OS. erl boy, man, Icel. jarl nobleman, count, and possibly to Gr. ? male, Zend arshan man. Cf. {Jarl}.] A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See {Count}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Earl
noun: a British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "earl": Brahman, archduke, aristocrat, armiger, baron, baronet, blue blood, count, daimio, duke, esquire, gentleman, grand duke, grandee, hidalgo, lace-curtain, laird, landgrave, lord, lordling, magnate, magnifico, margrave, marquis, noble, nobleman, optimate, palsgrave, patrician, peer, seigneur, seignior, silk-stocking, squire, swell, thoroughbred, upper-cruster, viscount, waldgrave
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Earl, NC (town, FIPS 19140) Location: 35.19493 N, 81.53429 W Population (1990): 230 (104 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Earl, WI Zip code(s): 54875
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Earl, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina Population (2000): 234 Housing Units (2000): 109 Land area (2000): 0.819678 sq. miles (2.122956 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.819678 sq. miles (2.122956 sq. km) FIPS code: 19140 Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37 Location: 35.195465 N, 81.534663 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Earl, NC Earl
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