noun
large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil
• Syn: ↑cavalla, ↑cero, ↑Scomberomorus cavalla
• Hypernyms: ↑Spanish mackerel
• Member Holonyms: ↑Scomberomorus, ↑genus Scomberomorus
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noun : a cero (Scomberomorus cavalla) especially noted as a sport fish
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a game fish, Scomberomorus cavalla, found in the western Atlantic Ocean. Also called cavalla.
[1935-40]
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king mackerel,
a Spanish mackerel of the western Atlantic Ocean, valued as a game fish.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.