mullowayn.
/ˈmʌləweɪ/, U.S. /ˈmələˌweɪ/, Australian English /ˈmʌləwæe/ Originally Australian.
A large edible sciaenid fish, Argyrosomus japonicus (formerly confused with A. hololepidotus), occurring in coastal waters of the Indian Ocean and West Pacific. Also called jewfish, kabeljou, kob, meagre.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sciaenidae (drums) > [noun] > member of genus Argyrosomus (maigre) > Argyrosomus Hololepidotus (mulloway)
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1846 H. E. A. Meyer Manners & Customs Aborigines Encounter Bay 6 They use the spear at the Murray in catching the large fish, Mallowe.
1871 Austral. Town & Country Jrnl. (Sydney) 22 Apr. 486/4 As much as three tons at a haul, consisting principally of mullaway, bream, [etc.].
1906 D. G. Stead Fishes Austral. vi. 114 The Jewfish... At the mouth of the Murray the fishermen call it ‘Mulloway’, or ‘Butterfish’.
1969 Man (Austral.) Mar. 12/2 Over the season you get a variety of fish you'd be scratching to find anywhere else..mulloway, trevally, [etc.].
1985 A. Wheeler World Encycl. Fishes 222/2 Johnius antarctica mulloway, jewfish... An Australian coastal species.
1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 22 Apr. (Great Outdoors Suppl.) 10/4 The line came free and eventually John boated a 26-kilogram mulloway.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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