bony bream

noun

A freshwater fish, Nematalosa erebi, of mainland Australia; the pyberry.

First used 19th c.
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Meanings

noun
  1. AustraliaA freshwater fish, Nematalosa erebi, of mainland Australia; the pyberry.First known use 19th c.

    Steadman told me that the fish in the photograph is birrngi, a type of bony bream that has now been lost.

    2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 75
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