Robalo

3 definitions found

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

  Sea pike \Sea" pike`\ (Zool.)
     (a) The garfish.
     (b) A large serranoid food fish ({Centropomus undecimalis})
         found on both coasts of America; -- called also {robalo}.
     (c) The merluce.
         [1913 Webster]



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

  Snook \Snook\, n. [D. snoek.] (Zool.)
     (a) A large perchlike marine food fish ({Centropomus
         undecimalis}) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific
         coasts of tropical America; -- called also {ravallia},
         and {robalo}.
     (b) The cobia.
     (c) The garfish.
         [1913 Webster]

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

  Robalo \Rob"a*lo\, n. [Sp. r['o]balo.]
     Any of several pikelike marine fishes of the West Indies and
     tropical America constituting the family {Oxylabracidae},
     esp. the largest species ({Oxylabrax undecimalis}, syn.
     {Centropomus undecimalis}), a valuable food fish called also
     {snook}, the smaller species being called