strepien.
/ˈstriːpi/, U.S. /ˈstripi/, South African English /ˈstrɪəpi/ South African.
A small fish, the striped karanteen, Sarpa salpa. Cf. karanteen n.
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1913 W. W. Thompson Sea Fisheries Cape Colony ii. 61 The pretty little bamboo-fish of the Cape is also known as stink-fish, and is the mooi nooitje of Hermanus and Struys Bay, the streepje of the Knysna and the silver karanteen of Natal.
1945 Cape Argus 27 Jan. 4/8 Half an inch of her wool..tied to a ‘streepie’ hook, caught about a dozen small fish.
1957 S. Schoeman Strike! iii. 89 The strepie, with its beautiful gold and silver colouring, is the favourite prey of the elf.
1974 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. X. 320/1 Strepie..is one of the most beautiful and best-known bait fishes in southern Africa.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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