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maasbanker|ˈmasˌbaŋkər, mɔsˈbɔŋkər|
Also maasbancker, maasbank, marsbanker, masbanker, massbanker.
[Afrikaans, f. Du. marsbanker mossbunker.]
The South African name for the scad or horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus.
1727J. G. Scheuchzer tr. Kæmpfer's Hist. Japan I. i. xi. 136 Adsi is the Maasbancker of the Dutch. 1843J. C. Chase Cape Good Hope ii. 169 Maasbank..June..Like Mackarel, but stronger, not always wholesome. 1853L. Pappe Synopsis Edible Fishes Cape Good Hope 25 Caranx Trachurus Lacep. (Maasbanker; Bastard Mackerel.)..Caught in winter at both ends of the Colony. Its flesh is well flavoured and wholesome. 1902Trans. S. Afr. Philos. Soc. XI. 215 The Maasbanker..is identical with the Maasbanker (Caranx trachurus) of Holland, and indeed is to be found almost everywhere within the temperate and tropical zones of both hemispheres. 1930C. L. Biden Sea-Angling Fishes of Cape vii. 146 The English horse-mackerel is the masbanker of the Cape (Trachurus trachurus). 1947Cape Times 2 May 9 Maasbankers continue to be plentiful. 1953Ibid. 20 May 4/4 The Government has limited the number and capacity of plants which may be used for the manufacture of fish meal and fish oil from pilchards and massbankers. 1959G. Jenkins Twist of Sand ii. 43 We'd had a fair haul of pilchard, stockfish and maasbanker. 1970Cape Times (S.A. Fishing Rev.) 28 Oct. 2/2 The purse seine boats..hunt the shoals of pilchard, mackerel, maasbanker and anchovy along the West Coast. 1972L. G. Green When Journey's Over (1973) xii. 148 Nelson saw snoek and marsbankers in boxes and barrels or hanging up to dry. |