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
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