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Mojarra

Mojarra Meaning & Definition
Mojarra Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mojarra?

[n] small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters

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See Also | Eucinostomus gula | family Gerreidae | family Gerridae | Gerreidae | Gerres cinereus | Gerridae | percoid | percoid fish | percoidean | silver jenny | yellowfin mojarra

Mojarra In Webster's Dictionary

\Mo*jar"ra\, n. [Sp.] Any of certain basslike marine fishes (mostly of tropical seas, and having a deep, compressed body, protracile mouth, and large silvery scales) constituting the family {Gerrid[ae]}, as {Gerres plumieri}, found from Florida to Brazil and used as food. Also, any of numerous other fishes of similar appearance but belonging to other families.

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