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NOUN (2)

1. large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters;
[syn: cero, pintado, kingfish, Scomberomorus regalis]

2. large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil;
[syn: king mackerel, cavalla, cero, Scomberomorus cavalla]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cero \Ce"ro\, n. [Corrupt. fr. Sp. sierra saw, sawfish, cero.] (Zool.) A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the common cero (Scomberomorus caballa), called also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero (Scomberomorus regalis). [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cero n 1: large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters [syn: cero, pintado, kingfish, Scomberomorus regalis] 2: large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil [syn: king mackerel, cavalla, cero, Scomberomorus cavalla]