piper

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


an Auckland name for the Garfish (q.v.). The name is applied to otherfishes in the Northern Hemisphere.

1872. Hutton and Hector, `Fishes of New Zealand,' p. 118:

«Angling for garfish in Auckland Harbour, where it is known asthe piper, is graphically described in `The Field,' London,Nov. 25, 1871.. . . the pipers are `just awfu' cannibals,' and you will beoften informed on Auckland wharf that `pipers is deeth on piper.'»

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