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The word is not Australian thoughoften so regarded. Toad-fish, n. THE LAW OF HOBSON-JOBSON Is Austral English a corruption?V. rasor is intended to indicate; the moreclassical word having been previously appropriated to anotherspecies.

A tree with spreading head;timber valuable. Thewrasse and the parrot-fish are mostly caught outside amongstthe kelp, and these, with the spotty, are indiscriminatelycalled kelp-fish by the fishermen. 124: A large go-ashore, or three-legged pot, of the size and shapeof the cauldron usually introduced in the witch scene inMacbeth. And that`Kangaroos,' as they were fondly called, could boast ofimportance and popularity nobody would dare to gainsay.