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Definition of Mulloway

1. Noun. Large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre.

Definition of Mulloway

1. Noun. any of several large, predatory fish, of the genus ''Argyosomus'', found along the eastern coast of Africa and the coasts of Australia; they are prized as sport ¹

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Definition of Mulloway

1. a large Australian fish [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mulloway

Literary usage of Mulloway

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1900)
"mulloway. Native name, "mulloway." This widely distributed marine species, which attains a large size, is sometimes found in great numbers. ..."

2. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1900)
"mulloway. Native name, "mulloway." This widely distributed marine species, which attains a large size, is sometimes found in great numbers. ..."

3. Fishes of Australia: A Popular and Systematic Guide to the Study of the by David George Stead (1906)
"... mouth of the Murray the fishermen call it "mulloway," or "Butter- fish." In Western Australia, again, it is called by the Victorian name of Kingfish. ..."

4. Fishes of Australia: A Popular and Systematic Guide to the Study of the by David George Stead (1906)
"... mouth of the Murray the fishermen call it "mulloway," or "Butter- fish." In Western Australia, again, it is called by the Victorian name of Kingfish. ..."

5. The Province of South Australia: Written for the South Australian Government by James Dominick Woods, H. D. Wilson (1894)
"... gurnard ( Trig/aj, are common to both Spencer and St. Vincent gulfs, whilst the mulloway (Sciaena ..."

6. Western Australian Year Book by Western Australia Registry Dept (1906)
"... identical with the mulloway of Adelaide and the jewfish of Sydney and Brisbane ; the sea kingfish, Seriola Oigas, not unfrequently weighing over one ..."

7. The Sun Almanac for (1898)
"T". S. Attorney—Ashley M. Gould. .strict of Columbia. Assistants—Hugh T. Taggart. Thomas C. Taylor, Peyton Gordon, Alexander R. mulloway. ..."

8. The Australia Directory: Chiefly from the Result of Various Surveys Made by by Great Britain Hydrographic Dept, Charles B. Yule (1897)
"In the Murray river the mulloway abounds in the estuary, and the Murray cod above the tidal waters. Population.—The population of South Australia was ..."

9. The Province of South Australia: Written for the South Australian Government by James Dominick Woods, H. D. Wilson (1894)
"... gurnard ( Trig/aj, are common to both Spencer and St. Vincent gulfs, whilst the mulloway (Sciaena ..."

10. Western Australian Year Book by Western Australia Registry Dept (1906)
"... identical with the mulloway of Adelaide and the jewfish of Sydney and Brisbane ; the sea kingfish, Seriola Oigas, not unfrequently weighing over one ..."

11. The Sun Almanac for (1898)
"T". S. Attorney—Ashley M. Gould. .strict of Columbia. Assistants—Hugh T. Taggart. Thomas C. Taylor, Peyton Gordon, Alexander R. mulloway. ..."

12. The Australia Directory: Chiefly from the Result of Various Surveys Made by by Great Britain Hydrographic Dept, Charles B. Yule (1897)
"In the Murray river the mulloway abounds in the estuary, and the Murray cod above the tidal waters. Population.—The population of South Australia was ..."

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