galjoenn.
/ɡalˈjʊn/, /xalˈjʊn/, U.S. /ɡælˈjʊn/, South African English /xʌlˈjʊn/ South African.
The sea-fish Coracinus capensis (family Coracinidæ); also any of several related fish of the family Coracinidæ.
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1853 L. Pappe Synopsis Edible Fishes Cape Good Hope 23 Dipterodon Capensis..(Galjoenvisch, Galleon-fish.)... This fish, more plentiful in the Western Division of the Colony, is highly esteemed as food.]
1900 Trans. S. Afr. Philos. Soc. 11 221 The Galjoen also can readily be supposed to have derived its name from its resemblance in shape to the high built three-decker..called..by the Dutch ‘Galjoen’ or ‘Galleon’.
1949 L. G. Green In Land of Afternoon xviii. 226 In fine weather many a galjoen is landed on those rocks.
1971 Cape Times 20 Aug. 22/3 One angler..took nine galjoen.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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