cavalla

ca·val·la  (k-vl)

n. pl. ca·val·las or cavalla

1. Any of various tropical marine food fishes of the family Carangidae, which includes the jacks and pompanos.

2. See king mackerel.

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[Spanish caballa, horse mackerel, from Late Latin, from Latin caballus, horse.]

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cavalla [kəˈvælə], cavally

n pl -la, -las, -lies

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various tropical carangid fishes, such as Gnathanodon speciosus (golden cavalla)

[from Spanish caballa, from Late Latin, feminine of caballus horse]

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cavalla - large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil king mackerel, Scomberomorus cavalla, cero genus Scomberomorus, Scomberomorus - Spanish mackerels Spanish mackerel - any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus