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red roman
1. Any of various sea breams (family Sparidae) with red or pink coloration; spec. Chrysoblephus laticeps, found off South African coasts. Now usually red roman. Cf. red man n. 3a.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sparidae (sea-breams) > [noun] > member of genus Chrysoblephus
stompneus1705
roman1790
red man1798
dageraad1853
1790 E. Helme tr. F. Le Vaillant Trav. Afr. I. ii. 22 Among those [fish] in greatest estimation, they distinguish the rooman [Fr. le Rooman] a red fish [etc.].
1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. i. 30 Next to the Roman are the red and the white Steenbrassems.
1804 R. Percival Acct. Cape of Good Hope 43 The most common is the Roman fish... It is of a deep rose colour and of the perch kind.
1893 H. A. Bryden Gun & Camera Southern Afr. xx. 449 Many of the fish in Cape waters furnish excellent eating; the Roman, kingklipvisch, stomneus, steenbras, and klipvisch being among the choicest.
1957 S. Schoeman Strike! iii. 32 It is universally known as ‘roman’, although some anglers and fishermen call it ‘rooi roman’ (red roman).
1971 Argus (Cape Town) 14 May 14 John Hughes shot a roman of 4,1 kg—which is equal to the South African spearfishing record.
2005 Femina (S. Afr.) Feb. 116/1 You can steer middle ground with a prawn curry or red roman in soy, ginger and garlic.
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red roman
2. Any of various large nocturnal sun spiders (order Solifugae) with a yellowish-brown body. Now usually red roman. Cf. red man n. 3b.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > division Pseudoarachnida > order Solpugida > member of
solpugid1869
sun spider1898
roman1905
wind-scorpion1912
solifugid1925
solifuge1935
wind-spider1959
red man1966
1905 F. Purcell in W. Flint & J. D. F. Gilchrist Sci. in S. Afr. III. iii. 178 The large nocturnal..species of Solpuga..are variously known by the name of Romans, Jagd-spinnekoppen (Hunting Spiders) or Haar-sheerders (Hair cutters).
c1939 S. H. Skaife S. Afr. Nature Notes 81 Everybody will agree that the creatures known variously as jerrymunglums, haarskeerders, jag-spinnekoppe, or romans are among the most repulsive of all living creatures.
1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xiv. 233 On the farm we know..the nocturnal species [of spiders] as Rooimans or Red Men, and of these latter I can neither think nor speak except in capitals.
2007 R. Piper Extraordinary Animals viii. 272 They are known by a variety of names other than sun spider; these include, wind scorpion, camel spider, red roman, haarskeerders, and baardskeerders.
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