mulloway

mulloway

(ˈmʌləˌweɪ) n (Animals) a large Australian marine sciaenid fish, Sciaena antarctica, valued for sport and food[C19: of unknown origin]

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mulloway - large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigrejewfish, Sciaena antarcticasciaenid, sciaenid fish - widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce soundgenus Sciaena, Sciaena - type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers