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Definition of Trevally
1. an Australian food fish [n TREVALLYS or TREVALLIES] / an Australian food fish [n -LIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trevally
Literary usage of Trevally
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania by Royal Society of Tasmania (1891)
"Trachurus trachurus, Cuv. and Val. (AZ) Horse Mackerel. D. 8 : 1--35. A. 2 :
1 '25-29. L. lat. 75-86. Caranx Georgianus, Cuv. and Val. (A.) Silver trevally. ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"59 : " Caranx georgianus, the ' white trevally.' . . . There are several other
species of Caranx in Port Jackson. In Victoria it is called silver bream. ..."
3. Fish and Fisheries of New South Wales by Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods (1883)
"The Black trevally. The " Black trevally " of the Sydney fishermen is T. nebulosa,
Quoy and Gaimard, ... The black trevally is shaped something like ..."
4. The Offical Hand-book of Tasmania by Thomas C. Just (1892)
"... trevally, cape cod, ling, and conger eel. 217. The open sea grounds extend as
far as eighteen miles from the coast. The depth is from 10 to 80 fathoms, ..."
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