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MOJARRA
mojarra
(noun) small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
mojarra (plural mojarras)
A perciform fish in the family Gerreidae, often used as bait.
Source: Wiktionary
Mo*jar"ra, n. [Sp.]
Definition: Any of certain basslike marine fishes (mostly of tropical seas, and having a deep, compressed body, protracile mouth, and large silvery scales) constituting the family Gerridæ, as Gerres plumieri, found from Florida to Brazil and used as food. Also, any of numerous other fishes of similar appearance but belonging to other families.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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