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harder S. Afr.|ˈhɑːdə(r)|
Also 8 harter, 20 haarder.
[a. Afrikaans harder, Du., LG. harder, OE. heardhara, heardra.]
Any of various species of the grey mullet family (Mugilidæ), of which Liza ramada and M. cephalus are well known.
1731G. Medley tr. Kolben's Pres. State Cape Good-Hope II. 193 There is..about the Cape a Sort of Herrings the Cape-Europeans call Harters. 1838D. Moodie tr. Record 13 We..caught and salted 400 large steenbrass, and about 2,000 harders. 1892Simmonds Dict. Trade (new ed.), Harder, a kind of mullet about twelve inches long, caught near the coasts of the Cape colony. 1947K. H. Barnard Pict. Guide S. Afr. Fishes 81 The family of Grey Mullets, called in South Africa Harders or Springers (Mugilildae) is economically very important. 1962Cape Argus (Mag. Sect.) 11 Aug. 1/7 Bunches of harder, maasbanker and pilchards and many other kinds of fish. 1971Daily Dispatch (East London, Cape Province) 8 Mar., There were hundreds of haarders (mullet) in the bay itself. |