Cackerel

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cackerel \Cack"er*el\, n. [OF. caquerel cagarel (Cotgr.), from
     the root of E. cack.] (Zool.)
     The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish considered
     poisonous by the ancients. See {Mendole}.
     [1913 Webster]