ro·ba·lo (r -bä l)n. pl. ro·ba·los or robalo Any of various chiefly tropical marine food fishes of the family Centropomidae, such as the snook. [Spanish róbalo, haddock, probably alteration of Catalan llobarro, from lobo, wolf, from Latin lupus; see lobo.] |
robalo [ˈrɒbəˌləʊ ˈrəʊ-]
n pl -los, -lo
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any percoid fish of the family Centropomidae, occurring in warm and tropical (mostly marine) waters. Some of the larger species, such as the snooks, are important food fishes and many of the smaller ones are aquarium fishes
[Spanish, probably changed from lobaro (unattested), from lobo wolf, from Latin lupus]
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| Noun | 1. | robalo - a kind of percoid fish Centropomidae, family Centropomidae - a family of fish or the order Perciformes including robalos snook - large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters; resemble pike |
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