dageraadn.
/ˈdaɡərɑːd/, /ˈdaɡərɑːt/, U.S. /ˈdæɡəˌrɑd/, /ˈdæɡəˌrɑt/, South African English /ˈdɑːxərɑːt/, /ˈdæɡərɑːd/, /ˈdæɡərɑːt/ South African.
The brilliantly coloured sea-fish Chrysoblephus cristiceps (family Sparidæ). Derivation via Dutch dorade, < Spanish and Portuguese dorado dorado n. (Boshoff & Nienaber Afrikaanse Etim., 1967) does not account for the phonology of the South African word.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sparidae (sea-breams) > [noun] > member of genus Chrysoblephus
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1853 L. Pappe Synopsis Edible Fishes Cape Good Hope 20 Pagrus laniarius..(Dageraad.)..Strong conical teeth in the upper jaw, which..project from the mouth..those of the lower jaw much smaller. The whole fish is of a dark rose-colour... Lower jaw white; iris silvery; length 12 inches.
1906 East London Daily Dispatch (S. Afr.) 3 July 3/3 This fish was probably what is known as a ‘daggerhead’ (pagrus laniarius).
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 135 Dageraad, Pagrus laticeps…is sometimes corrupted into Daggerhead, Daggerheart, etc.
1953 F. Robb Sea Hunters viii. 122 Then we'll go inshore and fish daggerheads and soldiers.
1957 S. Schoeman Strike! iii. 40 The dageraad is also called daggerhead along the Pondoland and Natal Coast.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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