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cunji en · NOUN

Etymology

From cunjevoi.

Meanings

  1. (Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial) Clipping of cunjevoi.
    alt of cunjevoi
    • 1998 June, Macquarie University, Biology Bytes, Vol 1, No 4, https://web.archive.org/web/20070902082722/http://www.bio.mq.edu.au/school/mag/intro/98bytes/jun98/Bytes_June98.html, Sydney's most common tunicate, cunjivoy (Pyura stolonifera....or "cunji" to the locals), is an icon. There are even poems about the stoic cunji!
    • Try using abalone gut, peeled prawns and cunji for bait for the bream and drummer found here. 2007, Gary Brown, Fishing Guide to Sydney-Hawkesbury, page 77:

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