black margate
- noun
- /blæk ˈmɑrɡeɪt/
- US
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margate negro
- The black margate is easily identified by its dusky grey coloring and deep body.
Examples
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We grilled fresh black margate for dinner after returning from our trip to Florida.
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Fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico often catch black margate along coral reefs.
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The chef prepared a delicious dish using black margate.
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Have you ever tried black margates?
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Fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico often catch black margate along coral reefs.
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The black margate is easily identified by its dusky grey coloring and deep body.
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We grilled fresh black margate for dinner after returning from our trip to Florida.
Synonyms
A dark grey food fish that lives along the coast from Louisiana and Florida southward
A grey fish from the southern United States coasts eaten for its meat
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'black' (colour) modifying 'margate' (a fish), so the meaning 'a dark/dusky margate fish' is directly derivable from its parts. This kind of color + animal naming pattern is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the referent.
Etymology
Black margate may come from an old local word margate used by Caribbean fishermen, and black simply describes its dark color, so the name means a dark, deep-bodied 'fish' that people catch for food.
