balao
(bəˈlaʊ, ‖ balao)
Also ballaho(o, etc.
[Sp.]
The half-beak.
| 1854–5 Trans. Jamaica Soc. Arts I. 144 Hæmirhamphus Braziliensis, Ballahoo. 1858 L. A. A. de Verteuil Trinidad 448 Hemiramphus. 1 species (s).. (s) Balaou. Ibid. 451 The balaou and gar-fish are commonly caught at night by torch-light, or with the seine. 1867 T. F. de Voe Market Assistant 199 There are likewise to be caught in the winter season, fish, by towing over this bank, if a person has suitable bait, such as the ballaho, which they have generally in the West Indies. 1893 Funk's Stand. Dict., Balahoo (W. Ind.), a halfbeak. 1896 Jordan & Evermann Fishes N. Amer. i. 723 Hemirhamphus balao... If a valid species, this must be the original balaó, which is said to have the caudal bluish, and the common species will stand as H. brasiliensis. 1898 Morris Austral Eng. 16/1 Ballahoo, a name applied to the Garfish..by Sydney fishermen. The word is West Indian, and is applied there to a fast-sailing schooner; also spelled Bullahoo and Ballahou. 1922 Outing (U.S.) Mar. 253/1 For sail and other large fish they use a sardine-sized, sword-nosed minnow called a ballyhoo. 1949 Esquire Mar. 81/6 Bait—mullet, squid, balao, [etc.]. |