About The Word Mojarra
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Mojarra
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What's The Definition Of Mojarra?
[n] small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters
Synonyms | Synonyms for Mojarra: Related Terms | Find terms related to Mojarra: 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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