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CERO

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil

Synonyms:

cavalla; cero; king mackerel; Scomberomorus cavalla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("cero" is a kind of...):

Spanish mackerel (any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus)

Holonyms ("cero" is a member of...):

genus Scomberomorus; Scomberomorus (Spanish mackerels)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters

Synonyms:

cero; kingfish; pintado; Scomberomorus regalis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("cero" is a kind of...):

Spanish mackerel (any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus)

Meronyms (parts of "cero"):

kingfish (the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States)

Holonyms ("cero" is a member of...):

genus Scomberomorus; Scomberomorus (Spanish mackerels)

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