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red-bait S. Afr.|ˈrɛdbeɪt|
[tr. Afrikaans rooiaas.]
A large sea-squirt, Pyura stolonifera, an ascidian which is used as bait by anglers.
1895Agricultural Jrnl. (Dept. of Agric., Cape Colony) 912 The bait most in use is crayfish, and ‘rooiaas’ (red bait) a species of Zoophyte. 1905J. Gilchrist in Flint & 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’. 1930C. L. Biden Sea-Angling Fishes of Cape xii. 217 The name ‘red-bait’ is the English interpretation of the Dutch ‘rooi aas’. 1945Cape Times 20 Oct. 7 Red bait could be cut by the sackful. 1957S. Schoeman Strike! iii. 29 Not a single fish would take redbait or mussel. 1971Stand. Encycl. S. Afr. III. 205/2 ‘Sea-squirts’, including the common ‘red-bait’ (Pyura) and the transparent Ciona, live permanently attached to rock surfaces. |