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steentjie S. Afr.|ˈstɪəncɪ|
Also steen(t)je.
[Afrikaans, dim. of Du. steen stone.]
Either of two small marine fishes of the family Sparidæ, Spondyliosoma emarginatum or Sarpa salpa (= strepie).
1893H. A. Bryden Gun & Camera S. Afr. xx. 448 We caught also..steenje, another small fish, which we cut up principally for bait. 1913W. W. Thompson Sea Fisheries Cape Col. 154 Cantharus emarginatus..Steentje. 1930C. L. Biden Sea-Angling Fishes of Cape ix. 166 The men..caught many steentjies which were scaled and pulped with a baton and baited whole on the big lines. 1957S. Schoeman Strike! iii. 88 There are two species of fish commonly referred to as steentjies, namely the common steentjie..alias strepie,..and the blue or bank steentjie. |