Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cero"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cero \Ce"ro\, n. [Corrupt. fr. Sp. sierra saw, sawfish, cero.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the
genus {Scomberomorus}. Two species are found in the West
Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United
States, -- the common cero ({Scomberomorus caballa}), called
also {kingfish}, and spotted, or king, cero ({S. regalis}).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cero
n 1: large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal
Atlantic waters [syn: {pintado}, {kingfish}, {Scomberomorus
regalis}]
2: large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and
game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast south to Brazil
[syn: {king mackerel}, {cavalla}, {Scomberomorus cavalla}]
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