Cero : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Cero	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Cero
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cero n large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters Synonym(s): cero, pintado, kingfish, Scomberomorus regalis large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil Synonym(s): king mackerel, cavalla, cero, Scomberomorus cavalla
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cero \Ce"ro\, n. [Corrupt. fr. Sp. sierra saw, sawfish, cero.] (Zo[94]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}).