English▸ noun
(plural kabeljou)
South African English a large predatory marine fish of the drum family, found in the Mediterranean, eastern Atlantic, and south-western Indian Ocean. It is an important food fish in southern Africa. Called meagre2 in Britain Argyrosomus hololepidotus, family Sciaenidae.
– ORIGIN early 18th century: from Afrikaans, from Dutch, ‘cod’.