redbaitn.

Brit.

/ˈrɛdbeɪt/, U.S.

/ˈrɛdˌbeɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., bait n.¹

Etymology: < red adj. + bait n.¹ In sense 1 after Afrikaans rooiaas rooi aas n.; in sense 2 after whitebait n.

1. South African. A large, solitary sea squirt (ascidian), Pyura stolonifera, widespread off rocky shores in the southern hemisphere, the orange-red internal organs of which are used as bait by anglers. Cf. cunjevoi n. 2.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > division Molluscoidea > [noun] > division Tunicata > class Ascidiacea > member of > member of genus Pyura

redbait1883

rooi aas1895

cunjevoi1911

1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 289 Baits, natural... These include..rockworms, prawns, ‘red bait’, small fish.

1905 J. Gilchrist in W. Flint & J. D. F. Gilchrist Sci. 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’.

1957 S. Schoeman Strike! iii. 29 Not a single fish would take redbait or mussel.

1992 Weekend Post 11 Aug. 11 Shellfish life was abundant, redbait squirted on virtually every rock at spring low tides.

2. Any of several small reddish fishes sometimes used as bait by anglers; esp. (Australian) Emmelichthys nitidus (family Emmelichthyidae) of southern oceans.

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the world > animals > fish > miscellaneous types > [noun]

mudfish1502

sprat1552

frogfish1598

rockfish1605

yellowtaila1622

sleeper1668

picarel1688

hogfish1735

porkfish1735

sucker1753

zebrafish1771

yellowbelly1775

white steenbras1801

stone-toter1817

stargazer1842

warehou1848

baardman1853

goatfish1864

holostome1864

spot snapper1876

suck-fish1876

mademoiselle1882

queenfish1883

cigar-fish1884

emperor fish1884

rock beauty1885

oilfish1896

aholehole1897

berrugate1898

Photoblepharon1902

sweet-lip1934

rabbitfish1941

redbait1960

1960 Commerc. Fisheries Rev. 22 58/2 Redbait ‘hingura’ is the preferred bait fish [in Sri Lanka], obtained from bays and other shallow coastal areas.

1988 Sunday Tasmanian (Nexis) 21 Feb. Jack mackerel trawlers are allowed to catch jack mackerel, red bait, blue mackerel and other oily pelagic fish.

2007 A. Darby Harpoon iii. 36 At the next trophic level there are pilchards and redbait.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	redbait
释义	redbaitn. Brit. /ˈrɛdbeɪt/, U.S. /ˈrɛdˌbeɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., bait n.¹ Etymology: < red adj. + bait n.¹ In sense 1 after Afrikaans rooiaas rooi aas n.; in sense 2 after whitebait n. 1. South African. A large, solitary sea squirt (ascidian), Pyura stolonifera, widespread off rocky shores in the southern hemisphere, the orange-red internal organs of which are used as bait by anglers. Cf. cunjevoi n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > division Molluscoidea > [noun] > division Tunicata > class Ascidiacea > member of > member of genus Pyura redbait1883 rooi aas1895 cunjevoi1911 1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 289 Baits, natural... These include..rockworms, prawns, ‘red bait’, small fish. 1905 J. Gilchrist in W. Flint & J. D. F. Gilchrist Sci. 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’. 1957 S. Schoeman Strike! iii. 29 Not a single fish would take redbait or mussel. 1992 Weekend Post 11 Aug. 11 Shellfish life was abundant, redbait squirted on virtually every rock at spring low tides. 2. Any of several small reddish fishes sometimes used as bait by anglers; esp. (Australian) Emmelichthys nitidus (family Emmelichthyidae) of southern oceans. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > miscellaneous types > [noun] mudfish1502 sprat1552 frogfish1598 rockfish1605 yellowtaila1622 sleeper1668 picarel1688 hogfish1735 porkfish1735 sucker1753 zebrafish1771 yellowbelly1775 white steenbras1801 stone-toter1817 stargazer1842 warehou1848 baardman1853 goatfish1864 holostome1864 spot snapper1876 suck-fish1876 mademoiselle1882 queenfish1883 cigar-fish1884 emperor fish1884 rock beauty1885 oilfish1896 aholehole1897 berrugate1898 Photoblepharon1902 sweet-lip1934 rabbitfish1941 redbait1960 1960 Commerc. Fisheries Rev. 22 58/2 Redbait ‘hingura’ is the preferred bait fish [in Sri Lanka], obtained from bays and other shallow coastal areas. 1988 Sunday Tasmanian (Nexis) 21 Feb. Jack mackerel trawlers are allowed to catch jack mackerel, red bait, blue mackerel and other oily pelagic fish. 2007 A. Darby Harpoon iii. 36 At the next trophic level there are pilchards and redbait. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : red-baitv. < n.1883 see also
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