English dictionary
mojarra
/m/oU/'h/A/r/@/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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 <i>Gerridæ</i>, as <i>Gerres plumieri</i>, found from Florida to Brazil and used as food. Also, any of numerous other fishes of similar appearance but belonging to other families.
Source: webster1913