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mangrove jack en · NOUN
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(Australia, obsolete) The mangrove heron, Butorides striatus.
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(Australia) An edible marine and estuarine fish, Lutjanus argentimaculatus, of northern Queensland.
He turned and raised his hat, grinning and holding up a plastic bag in his other hand for her to see. ‘I brought some mangrove jacks for your lunch.’
2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 101:
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