a small silvery schooling fish with a protrusible mouth and found in warm coastal waters
animal noun (animals and microorganisms)
mojarra* | mojarras
(* mojarra may be used in a singular or plural context)
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Spanish, knife, a kind of fish found off the coast of Spain, from Arabic...
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of fishes in the order Perciformes. It has seven genera. Mojarras are a common prey and bait fish in many parts of the Caribbean, including the South American coast and Caribbean islands. These species tend to be difficult to identify in the field and ... (44 of 188 words, 1 image)
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may refer to: Mojarras, the Gerreidae family of fishes in the order Perciformes. | Mojarra, the reference implementation of JavaServer Faces. | Mojarra is also slang for an illegal immigrant in the United States, mojado. (33 of 76 words, 3 definitions)
a tropical American sea fish that belongs to the genus Gerreidae (11 of 169 words, pronunciation)
any of approximately 40 species of fishes in the family Gerreidae, found in marine environments in most warm regions of the world. Brackish habitats ... (24 of 121 words)
common name for a member of the family Gerridae, small tropical food fishes. The many American species are found chiefly off the southern Atlantic ... (24 of 101 words, pronunciation)
Any of several species of small, silvery, mainly tropical American marine fishes of the family Gerridae, having extremely protrusile mouths. (20 of 58 words, pronunciation)
any of several chiefly tropical, silvery fishes of the family Gerridae, having a protrusible mouth and grooves at the bases of the dorsal and anal ... (25 of 38 words, pronunciation)
a small, typically silvery fish that lives in shallow coastal and brackish waters of tropical America. Family Gerreidae: several genera and numerous ... (22 of 33 words, pronunciation)
A perciform fish often used as bait. (7 of 24 words, 1 usage example)
of or belonging to a very large order (Perciformes) of bony fishes found in fresh and salt water, including the perches, basses, and sunfishes | a ... (25 of 37 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
a small silvery ocean fish with mouthparts that can be thrust outward. Native to: shallow waters of tropical America. Family Gerridae. (21 of 40 words, pronunciation)
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Origin: Spanish, knife, a kind of fish found off the coast of Spain, from Arabic muḥarrab, pointed, from ḥarraba, to ... (19 of 30 etymology words)
First use: mid 19th century
Origin: American Spanish
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