buffalo jack

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buffalo jack - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Jurel \Ju"rel\, n. (Zool.)
     A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
     (Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is
     valued as a food fish; -- called also hardtail, horse crevall['e]
     , jack, buffalo jack, skipjack, yellow mackerel
     , and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel. Other
     species of Caranx (as Caranx fallax) are also sometimes
     called jurel. Juridic