A nickname for the English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895), related to his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

plural of bulldog clip

(chiefly US, newspapers, publishing) The earliest edition of a periodical publication, especially a daily newspaper.

A binder clip with rigid handles. / (surgery) A surgical instrument with serrated jaws and a spring-loaded handle used to grip blood vessels or similar organs.

A dark rat once endemic to Christmas Island, Rattus nativitatis, now extinct.

A dog of a medium to large, predominantly white breed with short, coarse coat, squarish flat skull, and powerful jaws and hind legs, originally bred as a protection and defense dog against the hostile frontier of early Spanish Florida. They are the closest descendants of the old Spanish guard and war dogs brought by settlers and conquistadors to Argentina and Spanish Florida.

Alternative form of like a dog with a bone

(colloquial) Said of very strong or plentiful alcoholic drink.