mojarra

/moʊˈhɑrə/
/məʊˈhɛrə/
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Definitions of mojarra
  1. noun
    small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters
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    types:
    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
    type of:
    percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
    any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
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