hottentot seabream

noun

variants or hottentot sea bream

: a marine fish (Pachymetopon blochii) of the family Sparidae that is found in the waters off western South Africa, is bluish-gray with a golden-green sheen above and white below, and that is sometimes fished commercially for food

called also hottentot

Word History

First Known Use

2001, in the meaning defined above

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