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‖ stompneus S. Africa.|ˈstɔmpnœs|
[Du. = blunt nose.]
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. Also stump-nose (see stump n.).
1705tr. Bosman's Guinea 261 Several sorts of Bream, Stompneuses, or flat Noses. 1791tr. Le Vaillant's Trav. Africa I. 22 There are plenty of fish at the Cape. Among those most valued..are..the stompneus [etc.]. 1945Cape Argus Mag. 20 Oct. 1 Often we hooked two together—silverfish, panga, stompneus, elft. 1953Cape Times 4 Mar. 2/4 Kabeljou, yellowtail, white stompneus and stockfish were all caught in Hermanus. |