Mojarra

3 definitions found

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

  Mojarra \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 {Gerridae},
     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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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

  Cow-pilot \Cow"-pi`lot\ (kou"p[imac]`l[u^]t), n. (Zool.)
     A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West
     Indies ({Pomacentrus saxatilis}); -- called also {mojarra}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mojarra
       n : small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found
           in warm coastal waters