Meaning of MOJARRA
| Pronunciation: | | mow'hâru
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| | Definition: | | [n] small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters |
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| | See Also: | | Eucinostomus gula, family Gerreidae, family Gerridae, Gerreidae, Gerres cinereus, Gerridae, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean, silver jenny, yellowfin mojarra | |
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| | Definition: | | \Mo*jar"ra\, n. [Sp.]
Any of certain basslike marine fishes (mostly of tropical
seas, and having a deep, compressed body, protracile mouth,
and large silvery scales) constituting the family
{Gerrid[ae]}, as {Gerres plumieri}, found from Florida to
Brazil and used as food. Also, any of numerous other fishes
of similar appearance but belonging to other families.
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