Murray cod

British

noun

a large Australian freshwater fish, Maccullochella peeli , chiefly of the Murray and Darling rivers

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When I am sitting on a log, Looking like a great big frog, Waiting for a Murray cod, Sweet Belle Mahone.

From The Old Bush Songs by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)

The fisheries of these rivers are somewhat important, the chief fish caught being the Murray cod.

From Peeps At Many Lands: Australia by Spence, Percy F. S. (Percy Frederick Seaton)

The triton of Australian sweet-water streams is the Murray cod; but he has nothing but his size to recommend him.

From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Willoughby, Howard

They caught some perch, and a fine cod, not unlike the Murray cod in shape, but darker and without scales.

From Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland by Byerley, Frederick, J.

"Lots and lots—two kinds of bream, Murray cod, jew fish, and speckled trout, and awful big eels."

From Tom Gerrard by Becke, Louis

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