Meanings
plural mulloways
- Any of the species Argyrosomus japonicus of large fish, found along the eastern coast of Africa and the coasts of Australia, prized for sport.
I clawed my way up a long, evil hissing slope and saw the light on the lonely beach and my father with a mulloway slung across his back like an aura […].
1993, Tim Winton, Land's Edge, Picador, published 2012, page 791 more example
To us, a rainy day may mean that we have to rug up and stay inside out of the elements, but the coming of a storm or the rising swell will find a mulloway that lives and feeds along the beaches, waiting around a river entrance for the mullet...
2005, Gary Brown, Beach and Rock FishingSynonyms: Japanese meagre, southern meagre
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the species Argyrosomus japonicus of large fish, found along the eastern coast of Africa and the coasts of Australia, prized for sport.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlarge important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ngarrindjerimalowe
- Englishmulloway
Probably from Ngarrindjeri malowe.
More words from Ngarrindjeri
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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