different between butterfish vs jewie

English

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Alternative forms

• butter-fish

Etymology

From butter +? fish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?t?f??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b?t??f??/

Noun

butterfish (plural butterfish or butterfishes)

1. Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially
   1. Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
   2. A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
   3. The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
   4. (obsolete) The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis [1], [2].

Translations

English

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Etymology

From jewel +? -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

jewie (plural jewies)

1. (Australia) A fish, Argyrosomus hololepidotus; a type of mulloway.

Synonyms

• (Argyrosomus hololepidotus): butterfish, jew, jewfish, kabeljou, mulloway

See also

• Argyrosomus hololepidotus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References