different between kabeljou vs mulloway

kabeljou

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans kabeljou, from Dutch kabeljauw (cod).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k??b?lja?/

Noun

kabeljou (plural kabeljous)

  1. (South Africa) A type of fish from southern Africa, Argyrosomus coronus.

Synonyms

  • dusky kob
  • giant kob (occasionally spelled cob), not to be confused with the squaretail kob (Argyrosomus thorpei)
  • daga salmon

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kabeljauw, from Middle Dutch cabelliau, from Old Dutch cabillau.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ka.b?l?jœu?/

Noun

kabeljou (plural kabeljoue)

  1. A cod.

Descendants

  • ? English: kabeljou

kabeljou From the web:



mulloway

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Probably from Ngarrindjeri malowe.

Noun

mulloway (plural mulloways)

  1. Any of several large, predatory fish, of the genus Argyrosomus, found along the eastern coast of Africa and the coasts of Australia; they are prized as sport.
    • 1993, Tim Winton, Land's Edge, Picador 2012, p. 79:
      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 […].

mulloway From the web:

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