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noun
Any member of two species of marine ray-finned fish, found in South African waters, belonging to the family Sparidae:
Cymatoceps nasutus (black musselcracker)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: musselcrusher, mussel-crusher, black musselcracker, poenskop seabream, black biskop
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any member of two species of marine ray-finned fish, found in South African waters, belonging to the family Sparidae:
Sparodon durbanensis (white musselcracker)
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Synonyms: musselcrusher, mussel-crusher, musselcracker seabream, white musselcracker, white biskop, silver steenbras, biskop
Antonyms: none provided
History
From mussel + cracker
