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单词 rooi aas
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rooi aasn.

Brit. /ˈrɔɪ ˌɑːs/, U.S. /ˈrɔɪ ˌɑs/, South African English /ˈrɔɪ ˌɑːs/
Forms: 1800s– rooi aas, 1900s– rooi as.
Origin: A borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymon: Afrikaans rooiaas.
Etymology: < Afrikaans rooiaas < rooi red (see rooibok n.) + aas carrion, bait ( < Dutch aas : see ees n.). Compare earlier redbait n.
South African.
A kind of sea squirt, Pyura stolonifera; = redbait n. 1.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > division Molluscoidea > [noun] > division Tunicata > class Ascidiacea > member of > member of genus Pyura
redbait1883
rooi aas1895
cunjevoi1911
1895 Agric. Jrnl. (Dept. Agric. Cape Colony) 21 Feb. 91/2 The bait most in use is crayfish, and ‘rooiaas’ (red bait) a species of Zoophyte.
1905 J. Gilchrist in W. Flint & J. D. F. Gilchrist Science in S. Afr. iii. iv. 192 One of the features of the rocky parts of the coast line from Cape Point eastwards is the clusters of ‘rooias’ or ‘red-bait’.
1952 N. Orpen in H. C. Bosman & C. Bredell Veld Trails & Pavements 147 He..occasionally earned by collecting bait..for a few regular anglers who came down to collect their rooi aas, mussels, or chokka from him.
2003 W. de Villiers Kitchen Casualties 71 On hot midsummer nights the smell of rotten rooiaas reminded her of the smell of her monthly rags.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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