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mo·jar·ra

 (mō-här′ə)
n. pl. mojarra or mo·jar·ras
Any of various small, silvery, mainly tropical marine fishes of the family Gerreidae, having a very protrusible mouth.
[American Spanish, from Spanish, knife, a species of sea bream (Diplodus vulgaris), from Arabic muḥarrab, pointed, from ḥarraba, to sharpen, point, from ḥarba, lance, spear; see x̣rb in Semitic roots.]
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mojarra

(məʊˈhɑːrə)
n
(Animals) a tropical American sea fish that belongs to the genus Gerreidae
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.mojarra - small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal watersmojarra - small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
family Gerreidae, family Gerridae, Gerreidae, Gerridae - mojarras
Gerres cinereus, yellowfin mojarra - popular panfish from Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico to Brazil
Eucinostomus gula, silver jenny - silvery mojarra found along sandy shores of the western Atlantic
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