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Noun: cavalla  ku'va-lu
  1. Large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil
    "cavalla are prized for their size and fighting ability"; "Scomberomorus cavalla are prized for their size and fighting ability";
    - king mackerel, cero, Scomberomorus cavalla

Derived forms: cavallas

Type of: Spanish mackerel

Part of: genus Scomberomorus, Scomberomorus

Encyclopedia: Cavalla