hangberger, noun
- Forms:
- Formerly also hangeberger.
- Origin:
- See quotation 1913.
1. ?obsolete. The zebra, Diplodus cervinus hottentotus.
1887 S.W. Silver & Co.’s Handbk to S. Afr. 182Sargus Hottentottus, Hangeberger. Common in Table Bay. Much used for pickling.
2. Hottentot noun sense 2 b.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 207Hangberger, A Cape Peninsula name for the Hottentot fish.., sometimes corrupted to Hamburger. Fleming ascribes the name to the fact of the fish ‘being chiefly taken in deep water; near a place called Hangberg (overhanging rock)’; others derive the name from the fish’s habit of frequenting rocky ledges.
The zebra, Diplodus cervinus hottentotus.
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