moggeln.
/ˈmɒɡ(ə)l/, /ˈmɒx(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈmɑɡ(ə)l/, /ˈmɑx(ə)l/, /ˈmɔx(ə)l/, South African English /ˈmɒx(ə)l/ South African.
Any of several freshwater cyprinid fishes of the genera Labeo and Barbus, found in southern Africa; esp. L. umbratus.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > member of genus Labeo (moggel)
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1838 J. E. Alexander Exped. Discov. Interior Afr. I. vi. 144 My people came back in the evening with two or three large moekul or flat heads.
1902 Trans. S. Afr. Philos. Soc. 11 214 It [sc. Barbus capensis] is now, however, called by the Dutch ‘Moggel’—a word which..may be a corruption of the Latin Mugil, a generic name which has been applied to this fish, or it may refer to the general appearance and shape of this fish, ‘moggel’ in Dutch signifying a clumsy child.
1913 W. W. Thompson Sea Fisheries Cape Colony 158 Barbus capensis..Moggel (Gouritz and Berg Rivers); Barbeel or Barm (Van Riebeeck's Journals); Witte-visch or White-fish.
1947 K. H. Barnard Pictorial Guide S. Afr. Fishes 52 The Sandfish or Moggel..has a more cylindrical body-shape... Its chief character is the mouth with its thick fleshy lips; these form a sucking disc.
1973 Farmer's Weekly (S. Afr.) 13 June 11 These simple plants could..provide food for the weed-eating fish such as the moggel (sand fish) or tilapia (kurper).
1980 Grocott's Mail (Grahamstown, S. Afr.) 19 Dec. 4 Other South African fishes which grazed on algae included the Labeo or moggel.
1992 P. Cullinan Robert Jacob Gordon 82 (caption) The ‘moggel’ or mud mullet (Labeo umbratus)—a common Cape fish found in river mouths.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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