stompneusn.
/ˈstɒmpnjuːs/, /ˈstɒmpnɪəs/, U.S. /ˈstɑmpnjus/, South African English /ˈstɒmpnɪəs/ South African.
Either of two edible fishes found off the coast of southern Africa, the red and silver Chrysoblephus gibbiceps or the silvery Rhabdosargus globiceps, both of the family Sparidæ. Cf. stumpnose n. at stump adj. Special uses 2.
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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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1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xv. 261 Several sorts of Bream, Stompneuses, or flat Noses.
1791 E. Helme tr. F. Le Vaillant Trav. Afr. (ed. 3) I. 22 There are plenty of fish at the Cape. Among those most valued..are..the stompneus [etc.].
1823 W. W. Bird State of Cape of Good Hope viii. 159 It is a remarkable circumstance, that the red stompneus rarely, and the red roman never, (though the chief fish of Simon's Bay), pass the Cape point into the waters of Table Bay.
1945 Cape Argus 20 Oct. (Mag. section) 1 Often we hooked two together—silverfish, panga, stompneus, elft.
1953 Cape Times 4 Mar. 2/4 Kabeljou, yellowtail, white stompneus and stockfish were all caught in Hermanus.
2007 C. McIntyre Namibia (ed. 3) xiv. 313 Sought-after fish include galjeon (blackfish), kabeljou (carp), steenbras and stompneus.
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