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crevalle

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cre⋅val⋅le

[kruh-val-ee, -val-uh]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -le, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -les.
any of several marine fishes of the jack family, Carangidae.

Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism; obscurely akin to cavalla
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cre·val·le   (krĭ-vāl'ē)   
n.  Any of several marine fishes of the family Carangidae, such as the crevalle jack.

[Alteration of cavalla.]
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