bamboo fish, noun phrase
- Origin:
- South African DutchShow more Probably translation of South African Dutch bamboesvis, bamboesvisch; see Pettman quotation 1913.
The strepie, Sarpa salpa.
[1887 S.W. Silver & Co.’s Handbk to S. Afr. 183Bamboes visch,..A rich and delicate fish, but scarce in Cape Town. Caught in Saldanha Bay, where it is dried and salted.]
The strepie, Sarpa salpa.