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muttonfish

noun

Etymology

From mutton + fish.

  1. inherited from *peysk-✻ — “fish”
  2. inherited from *fiskaz✻ — “fish”
  3. inherited from *fisk✻
  4. inherited from fisċ — “fish”
  5. inherited from fisch
  6. compounded as muttonfish — “mutton + fish”

Definitions

  1. Any of several Atlantic and Caribbean fishes which are said to taste of mutton,…

    Any of several Atlantic and Caribbean fishes which are said to taste of mutton, especially a mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis), an ocean pout (Macrozoarces americanus), or an Irish pompano (Diapterus auratus).

  2. Any of several edible molluscs of the genus Haliotis

    Any of several edible molluscs of the genus Haliotis; an abalone.

    • Some mornings when the tide was right out we went onto the reef with screwdrivers to prise off abalone, which we called muttonfish.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for muttonfish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA