[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]