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1. Baster, n.3 View full entry 1790
...In South Africa and Namibia (formerly South West Africa): a person of mixed descent; (now usu.) spec. = Rehoboth Baster Cf. bastard1b....
2. diederik | diedrik, n. View full entry 1790
...A small African cuckoo, Chrysococcyx caprius (see quot. 1790)....
3. geelhout, n. View full entry 1790
...= yellow-wood...
4. klipfish, n. View full entry 1790
...S. Afr. A viviparous, brightly-coloured, marine fish of the family Clinidæ, living in shallow water or rock pools....
5. lamsiekte, n. View full entry 1790
...A cattle disease, usually fatal, found on land deficient in phosphorus, caused by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and characterized by paralysis or muscular weakness; bovine botulism. Also attrib....
6. naartjie, n. View full entry 1790
...A loose-skinned variety of tangerine or mandarin orange. Also: the tree bearing this fruit, Citrus reticulata....
7. roman, n.3 View full entry 1790
...Any of various sea breams (family Sparidae) with red or pink coloration; spec. Chrysoblephus laticeps, found off South African coasts. Now usu. red roman. Cf. ...
8. rooihout, n. View full entry 1790
...Originally: any of various South African trees with reddish wood. In later use: a tree of the genus Ochna (family Ochnaceae), esp. the Cape plane, ...
9. steenbras, n. View full entry 1791
...Any of several marine fishes of the family Sparidæ, esp. the red steenbras, Petrus rupestris, the silver steenbras, Sparodon durbanensis, or the white steenbras, Lithognathus lithognathus....
10. wagenboom, n. View full entry 1790
...(See quots.)...
