mangrove jack

English

mangrove jack (plural mangrove jacks)

(Australia, obsolete) The mangrove heron, Butorides striatus. [20th c.]
(Australia) An edible marine and estuarine fish, Lutjanus argentimaculatus, of northern Queensland. [from 20th c.]
- 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 101:
  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.’