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geelbek S. Afr.
(ˈgiːlbɛk, ‖ ˈxɪəlbɛk)
Also geelbec, geelbeck.
[Afrikaans, f. geel yellow + bek mouth, beak.]
1. A marine fish, Atractoscion æquidens, of the family Sciænidæ, which has bright yellow edges to jaws and gill-cover and is found off the southern coasts of Africa and also of Australia, where it is called teraglin.
1853L. Pappe Edible Fishes Cape of Good Hope 16 Otolithus æquidens..(Geelbeck.)..Common along the whole coast. 1900Trans. S. Afr. Phil. Soc. 216 The name Cape Salmon..is now appropriated almost exclusively by the Geelbek. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Apr. 301/2 Like so many of the Cape fish,..the geelbek..gets his name from the original Dutch settlers. 1953J. L. B. Smith Sea Fishes S. Afr. (rev. ed.) 227 Sometimes the tails of cured Kobs are trimmed by dishonest vendors so as to resemble those of the more costly Geelbek.
2. A yellow-billed wild duck, Anas undulata, found in Eastern and Southern Africa.
1867E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 352 A[nas] Xanthorhyncha..Geelbec of Colonists and Sportsmen. 1901W. T. Black Fish River Bush i. 21 An occasional shot may be got at a Geelbec duck (Anas) as it flies low along the bush lining the river banks. 1957McLachlan & Liversidge Roberts's Birds S. Afr. 48 Yellowbill. Geelbek. |