centropomus undecimalis

4 definitions found

centropomus undecimalis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sea pike \Sea" pike`\ (Zool.)
     (a) The garfish.
     (b) A large serranoid food fish (Centropomus undecimalis)
         found on both coasts of America; -- called also robalo.
     (c) The merluce.
         [1913 Webster]

  Snook \Snook\, n. [D. snoek.] (Zool.)
     (a) A large perchlike marine food fish (Centropomus   undecimalis
         ) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific
         coasts of tropical America; -- called also ravallia,
         and robalo.
     (b) The cobia.
     (c) The garfish.
         [1913 Webster]

  Robalo \Rob"a*lo\, n. [Sp. r['o]balo.]
     Any of several pikelike marine fishes of the West Indies and
     tropical America constituting the family Oxylabracidae,
     esp. the largest species (Oxylabrax undecimalis, syn.
     Centropomus undecimalis), a valuable food fish called also
     snook, the smaller species being called

  Centropomus \Centropomus\ n.
     the type genus of the Centropomidae, comprising the
     snooks, and including Centropomus undecimalis, a large
     bony sport fish also esteemed as food.
  
     Syn: genus Centropomus.
          [WordNet 1.5]