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A small fish having an extraordinary number of small bones.

A superstitious practice of fishermen consisting in the ceremony of putting some of the "small fry" of the first catch in a tin. The tin containing the fish is then placed on a small raft and send adrift. It may be considered a kind of sacrifice to Neptune, the heathen sea-god. Also verb. Indì ka magkáon sing dánglay, parótpot ukón sápsap nga pinanambián. Don't eat dánglay-, parótpot-or sápsap-fish that have been offered to the sea-god. (panámbì is probably derived from támbì, because the raft with the tin of fish on it somewhat resembles a kitchen-balcony called támbì).

A kind of small fish. (see parótpot).