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cavalla

(kə val′ə)

noun pl. cavalla or cavallas

cero
crevalle

Origin: Port < cavallo, horse < L caballa, fem. of caballus, horse: sometimes called horse mackerel in England

See cavalla in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. ca·val·las or cavalla

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

Origin:

Origin: Spanish caballa, horse mackerel

Origin: , from Late Latin

Origin: , from Latin caballus, horse

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