Miss Lucy, noun phrase

Forms:
Also with small initials.
Origin:
Etymology unknown (cf. Lucy).
In the Eastern Cape: the red stumpnose (see stumpnose sense 2), Chrysoblephus gibbiceps.
1949 J.L.B. Smith Sea Fishes of Sn Afr. 272Chrysoblephus gibbiceps...Red Stumpnose..Miss Lucy.
1976 E. Prov. Herald 23 Sept. 33No second look is necessary to identify this fish as a miss lucy (red stump nose).
1991 M. Holmes in E. Prov. Herald 8 Mar. 18Red Steenbras and Miss Lucys which any bottom-fish angler would be proud to catch.
In the Eastern Cape: the red stumpnose (see stumpnose sense 2), Chrysoblephus gibbiceps.
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