blouer, noun

/ˈbləʊə(r)/
Forms:
Also bloue.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Adaptation of Afrikaans bloue ‘blue one’.
a. The black musselcracker (see musselcracker sense 2), Cymatoceps nasutus.
1930 C.L. Biden Sea-Angling Fishes 257Pagrus nasutus..Knysna — Plettenberg — Blue Stumpkop; Bloue; Poenskop.
1990 M. Holmes in E. Prov. Herald 14 Sept. 18The poenskop were known as..blouer or bank blouer in the Knysna area.
b. With distinguishing epithet designating either of two species of fish:
bank blouer, the black musselcracker (see musselcracker sense 2), Cymatoceps nasutus;
sand blouer, the white musselcracker (see musselcracker sense 2), Sparodon durbanensis.
1949 J.L.B. Smith Sea Fishes of Sn Afr. 271Cymatoceps nasutus...Blouer or Bank Blouer.
1930 C.L. Biden Sea-Angling Fishes 257Sparus durbanensis..Plettenberg Bay — Sand Stumpkop (Afrikaans = Sand Stompkop); sand-bloue.
1949 J.L.B. Smith Sea Fishes of Sn Afr. 271Sparodon durbanensis,..Sand Blouer.
The black musselcracker (see musselcracker sense 2), Cymatoceps nasutus.
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bloubos, nounn.bloupak, nounn.
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