mulloway, n. Austral.
(ˈmʌləweɪ)
Also 9 mallowe, mullaway.
[ad. Yaralde malowe.]
A large edible sciaenid fish, Argyrosomus hololepidotus, occurring in Australian coastal waters.
| 1846 H. E. A. Meyer Manners & Customs Aborigines Encounter Bay 6 They use the spear at the Murray in catching the large fish, Mallowe. 1871 Austral. Town & Country Jrnl. (Sydney) 22 Apr. 486/4 As much as three tons at a haul, consisting principally of mullaway, bream, [etc.]. 1906 D. G. Stead Fishes Australia vi. 114 The Jewfish... At the mouth of the Murray the fishermen call it ‘Mulloway’, or ‘Butterfish’. 1969 Man (Austral.) Mar. 12/2 Over the season you get a variety of fish you'd be scratching to find anywhere else..mulloway, trevally, [etc.]. 1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 22 Apr. (Great Outdoors Suppl.) 10/4 The line came free and eventually John boated a 26-kilogram mulloway. |