paling, noun
- Forms:
- Also palang.
- Origin:
- Afrikaans
Any of several species of marine or freshwater eel (order Anguilliformes), particularly Muraena mossambica. Also attributive.
1947 K.H. Barnard Pict. Guide to S. Afr. Fishes 64In South Africa there is only one species [of eel]: the South African Fresh-water Eel, or Paling (Anguilla mossambica).
1984 J. Breytenbach Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)There was I with my line, my hook, and my proppie, fishing for palings.
Any of several species of marine or freshwater eel (order Anguilliformes), particularly Muraena mossambica. Also attributive.
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