cavalla

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ca⋅val⋅la

[kuh-val-uh, -vahy-uh]

–noun, plural -las, (especially collectively

) -la.

Origin:
< Sp caballa, fem. deriv. of caballo horse < L caballus (see capercaillie ); for a parallel E use of “horse” for a fish, see redhorse

–noun

a game fish, Scomberomorus cavalla, found in the western Atlantic Ocean.

Also called cavalla.

Origin:
1935–40

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ca·val·la (kə-vāl'ə)

n. 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.

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

king mackerel
n. A food and game fish (Scomberomorus cavalla) of warm Atlantic waters. Also called cavalla.

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