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Definition of Tarwhine
1. an Australian fish [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tarwhine
Literary usage of Tarwhine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fish and Fisheries of New South Wales by Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods (1883)
"The " black bream" (Chrysophrys australis) and the " tarwhine" (Chrysophrys hasta)
are both excellent fishes, and are frequently abundant. ..."
2. Fishes of Australia: A Popular and Systematic Guide to the Study of the by David George Stead (1906)
"The tarwhine : This fish is more of a tropical species, than the preceding;
consequently it becomes more common on our coast as we proceed in a northerly ..."
3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"See tarwhine and Black-fish. 1882. Rev. JE Tenison-Woods, 'Fish of New South
Wales,' p. 42 : " Chrysophrys comprises the tar- whine and black-bream of the ..."
4. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"Sparus sarba in Australia is the tarwhine, and Sparus australis the black bream.
The numerous species of Pagellus abound in the Mediterranean. ..."
5. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"Sparus sarba in Australia is the tarwhine, and Sparus australis the black bream.
The numerous species of Pagellus abound in the Mediterranean. ..."
6. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"Sparus sarba in Australia is the tarwhine, and Sparus australis the black bream.
The numerous species of Pagellus abound in the Mediterranean. ..."
7. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"tarwhine, «. an Australian fish, Chrysophrys sarba, Forsk. See Black-Bream.
It is somewhat difficult to distinguish the fish from its close relation the ..."
8. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1881)
"tarwhine " of the Fishermen. D. 11/12-13. A. 3/11. L. lat. 55. L. transv. 7/14.
Tho height of the body is twice and two-thirds in the total length, ..."
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