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PRONUNCIATION OF MUSSELCRACKER

musselcracker  [ˈmʌsəlˌkrækə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUSSELCRACKER

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determiner
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Musselcracker is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MUSSELCRACKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of musselcracker in the English dictionary

The definition of musselcracker in the dictionary is a large variety of sea bream, Sparodon durbanensis, that feeds on shellfish and is a popular food and game fish.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MUSSELCRACKER


cracka
ˈkrækə
cracker
ˈkrækə
fast-tracker
ˈfɑːstˌtrækə
firecracker
ˈfaɪəˌkrækə
hydrocracker
ˈhaɪdrəʊˌkrækə
maraca
məˈrækə
nutcracker
ˈnʌtˌkrækə
racetracker
ˈreɪsˌtrækə
racker
ˈrækə
safe-cracker
ˈseɪfˌkrækə
shellcracker
ˈʃɛlkrækə
tracker
ˈtrækə
wisecracker
ˈwaɪzˌkrækə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUSSELCRACKER

muspike
musquash
musquetoon
musrol
muss
Mussalman
mussel
mussel bed
musselled
Musset
mussier
mussiest
mussily
mussiness
mussitate
mussitation
Mussolini
Mussorgsky
Mussulman
mussy

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUSSELCRACKER

acker
attacker
backer
backpacker
bushwhacker
carjacker
Christmas cracker
graham cracker
highjacker
lacker
linebacker
packer
quacker
sacker
slacker
snacker
stacker
sticker
tacker
wacker
whacker

Synonyms and antonyms of musselcracker in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «musselcracker» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUSSELCRACKER

Find out the translation of musselcracker to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of musselcracker from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «musselcracker» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

musselcracker
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

musselcracker
570 millions of speakers

English

musselcracker
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

musselcracker
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

musselcracker
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

musselcracker
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

musselcracker
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

musselcracker
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

musselcracker
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tulang belakang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Musselcracker
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

musselcracker
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

musselcracker
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Musselcracker
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

musselcracker
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

musselcracker
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शिंपी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

musselcracker
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

musselcracker
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

musselcracker
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

musselcracker
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

musselcracker
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

musselcracker
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mosselkraker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

musselcracker
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

musselcracker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of musselcracker

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUSSELCRACKER»

The term «musselcracker» is used very little and occupies the 166.347 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUSSELCRACKER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «musselcracker» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «musselcracker» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about musselcracker

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUSSELCRACKER»

Discover the use of musselcracker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to musselcracker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The South African Fisherman
The musselcracker is a popular fish along the eastern and southern Cape coasts, where it is most abundant, and most fish caught by anglers in that area range between five and eight kilograms. Known as the brusher in KwaZulu-Natal, it was  ...
Ivor Whibley, 2003
2
The Complete South African Fish & Seafood Cookbook
Special recipe: 189 Monkfish cocktail. 179Trawlerman's fish salad. MULLET see H AARDERS MUSSELCRACKER (Biskop, Brusher, Poenskop, Steenbras) Where found: False Bay to KwaZulu-Natal. Type offish: Two species of musselcracker ...
Alicia Wilkinson, 2005
3
Saltwater Fishing in South Africa
FEEDING HABITS Like galjoen, white musselcracker feed in strong water that scours the gullies and exposes the various bait types that live in the sand - crabs, redbait and Venus ears (siffies) are their favourites. BAIT If you cannot obtain crab, ...
Hennie Crous, 2000
4
Passion of a Foodie - An International Kitchen Companion
MUSLIN CLOTH: = See CHEESE CLOTH MUSSELCRACKER: Salt-water Fish = ' Sparodon durbanesis' is also known as 'Brusher'; from South African waters. There is the White Musselcracker, often called 'White Bishop', as well as the Black ...
Heidemarie Vos, 2010
5
The Coastal Guide of South Africa
1 White musselcracker Sparodon durbanensis (1.2 m; 23 kg) Coast: East and south; endemic. Key ID: Robust, silver-grey fish with large head. Powerful jaws with prominent conical teeth and large molars. Juveniles silver with orange fins.
Jacana Media, 2007
6
Early Companions: A Novella
I was pointed out to her in a coffee shop on campus as a friend of Ted Musselcracker, and Alice came up to me. She had a concern, maybe even a complaint, against Professor Musselcracker. It seems that the Stroms's daughter Grace was ...
Werner Cohn, 2005
7
Potjiekos Favourites
3 1 octopus 1O alikreukels 18 white mussels 18 black mussels 2 crayfish 1 kg musselcracker or yellowtail 2 onions, sliced 15 ml cooking oil or olive oil 25O ml uncooked rice 5 ml grated lemon rind 3O ml fresh dill or 1O ml dried fish stock salt ...
Sannie Smit, 2000
8
Strike!: A Handbook of Angling in South African Coastal Waters
season at Mossel Bay more white musselcracker were caught on fish bait at night than were caught on the other conventional baits during the day. If you have none of the baits referred to above, but wish to catch white mussel- cracker, you ...
S. Schoeman, 1962
9
Holocene prehistory of the Southern Cape, South Africa: ...
Species Common Name Dichistius capensis Galjoen 1 Diplodus hottentotus zebra fish 1 Diplodus capensis dassie or blacktail 3 Lithognathus lithognathus white steenbras 1 Sparodon durbanensis white musselcracker 3 Species Common ...
Christopher Stuart Henshilwood, 2008
10
South African Journal of Marine Science
4.8 3.4 0.6 - Tripterodon orbis Spadefish 1.2 1.1 - - Sparodon durhanensis White musselcracker - 2.5 3.0 1.2 Seriola lalandi* Yellowtail 5.4 0.3 0.6 68.1 Others 24.6 7.4 9.0 1.6 Main species targeted in KZN Targeting (%) Main species targeted ...
‎1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUSSELCRACKER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term musselcracker is used in the context of the following news items.
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Musselcracker off Warner Beach
08 July 2015 at 14:28 by Kingfisher and Andre Bloem - We have been told of good musselcracker fishing off Warner Beach over the past week. North. Sodwana ... «East Coast Radio, Jul 15»
2
Big snoek biting off Durban
Geelbek, yellowtail, musselcracker, daga and many others have been plentiful and making excellent sizes. (File Photo: Gallo Images). «East Coast Radio, Jun 15»
3
Maasbanker catching KZN couta
Good catches of musselcracker have also been reported from the Bluff area, which have taken most baits put down in around 30m of water. «East Coast Radio, Apr 15»
4
Arts and Culture Recipes for success with sustainable fish
... he mentioned slow-growing reef fish species such as red steenbras, black musselcracker, dageraad (one of the sea bream), and another fish ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Nov 14»
5
Weekend escapes: Ships in the night
Above the bar, Dichmont had mounted a stuffed musselcracker to which he'd added a goat's beard. When an American tourist asked him what ... «Times LIVE, Nov 14»
6
Virginia and Blue Lagoon snoek
Out in the deep anglers have been successful with bottoms such as rockcod and musselcracker. Large slinger have been caught on the ... «East Coast Radio, Sep 14»
7
Durban daga and geelbek action
There have been plenty of reports of excellent bottom fishing up north with catches of musselcracker on live baits and also accidentally caught ... «East Coast Radio, Aug 14»
8
Depths of the ocean
... slinger and stumpnose, which lurk alongside eel-tail catfish, giant moray eels, the black musselcracker, javelin grunter and ember parrotfish. «Independent Online, Jun 14»
9
Cracking Kowie Crackers season finale
Warren Potts took the prize for the heaviest fish of the season with a white musselcracker of 6 kg caught in the previous competition at Riet ... «Grocott's Mail Online, Apr 14»
10
Catch and release at De Hoop
If species like galjoen, red roman and musselcracker don't move much, then is the rest of the coastline doomed to being overfished and devoid ... «Independent Online, Feb 14»

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