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/(ə)ŋˈɡeɪɡeɪ/, U.S. /(ə)ŋˈɡeɪˌɡeɪ/ A cichlid fish, Oreochromis esculentus, endemic to Lake Victoria in East Africa, formerly much caught for food but now scarce and endangered.
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1928 Times (Weekly ed.) 12 Jan. 54/2 His nets were full of the prime fish of the lake, the carplike ngege.
1932 Discovery Jan. 16/1 The fish of economic importance is called the ngege, a carp-like species which is found in Lake Victoria.
1989 Daily Nation (Nairobi) 3 Aug. 13/4 She rambled about her hometown, about the great lake, the home of ngege, mbuta and kamongo.
1997 Hydrobiologia 347 75 The ngege, Oreochromis esculentus Graham (Perciformes: Cichlidae), was a numerically important phytoplanktivore in Lake Victoria, East Africa prior to its extirpation and subsequent replacement following the introduction of its sister species, O. niloticus Boulenger.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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