caranx hippos

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caranx hippos - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cavally \Ca*val"ly\, n. [Cf. Pg. cavalla a kind of fish; Sp.
     caballa; prob. fr. Pg. cavallo horse, Sp. caballa.] (Zool.)
     A carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast (Caranx hippos): --
     called also horse crevall['e].
  
     Note: [See Illust. under Carangoid.]
           [1913 Webster]

caranx hippos - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Caranx hippos
      n 1: fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico [syn: crevalle jack
           , jack crevalle, Caranx hippos]