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Cero

Cero Meaning & Definition
Cero Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cero?

[n] large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast south to Brazil
[n] large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cero: cavalla | king mackerel | kingfish | pintado | Scomberomorus cavalla | Scomberomorus regalis

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See Also | genus Scomberomorus | Scomberomorus | Spanish mackerel

Cero In Webster's Dictionary

\Ce"ro\, n. [Corrupt. fr. Sp. sierra saw, sawfish, cero.] (Zo["o]l.) A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus {Scomberomorus}. Two species are found in the West Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the common cero ({Scomberomorus caballa}), called also {kingfish}, and spotted, or king, cero ({S. regalis}).

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