kabeljou

Meaning

Noun

  • A type of fish from southern Africa, Argyrosomus coronus (species).

Related

Similar words

  • dusky kob
  • giant kob (occasionally spelled cob), not to be confused with the squaretail kob (Argyrosomus thorpei)
  • daga salmon

Origin

  • Borrowed from Afrikaans kabeljou, from Dutch kabeljauw ("cod").

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