ˈmargate-fish, ˈmargate-grunt
[Of obscure origin: variants given in Dicts. are market-, maggot-fish and margaret-grunt. Cf. Margaret 5.]
A pearly-white fish, Hæmulon album, found in the Gulf of Mexico.
| 1734 Mortimer in Phil. Trans. XXXVIII. 315 Perca marina Gibbosa cinerea. The Margate-Fish. This is esteem'd very good Meat. 1775 Romans Florida App. 19 Margate-fish, rock-fish [etc.]. 1903 J. A. Henshall Bass, etc. 328 The Margate-fish (Hæmulon album). The margate-fish, or margate grunt, is the largest of the family. |