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malagas S. Afr.|mæləˈgæs|
Also 8 malagos; malagash, Afrikaans malgas |malˈxas|.
[Afrikaans, f. Du. mallegas, a. Pg. mangas(-de-velludo), ‘velvet-sleeves’, the wandering albatross.]
The Cape gannet, Morus (or Sula) capensis.
1731G. Medley tr. Kolb's Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 143 As soon as the Malagos 'spies a Fish under her, she pops her Head nimbly into the Water. 1906Stark & Sclater Birds S. Afr. IV. 17 Sula capensis. Malagash. Ibid. 19 The Malagash is found along the coasts of South Africa. 1936E. L. Gill First Guide S. Afr. Birds 186 Malagas, Malgas, Cape Gannet; Morus capensis. This is the gannet of the South African guano islands. 1944M. de B. Nesbitt Road to Avalon (1949) xxi. 163 The malagas seabird..is prolific here. 1964A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 330/1 The Cape Gannet (or Malagash) S[ula] capensis (with dark tail), breeding off South Africa and migrating northwards. 1970McLachlan & Liversidge Roberts's Birds S. Afr. (ed. 3) 21 Cape Gannet. Malgas. Morus capensis... These birds may be picked up at some distance by their conspicuous whiteness. 1974Eastern Province Herald 7 Nov. 22 There are vast colonies of malgas (gannets) and other birds which live off the shoals of fodder fish in our waters. |