mojarra

noun

mo·​jar·​ra

variants or less commonly moharra

mōˈhärə

plural -s

1

: a fish of the family Gerridae

2

: any of various fishes somewhat similar to the mojarras

especially : any of numerous small South American fishes of the family Cichlidae

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish, from Spanish, lance head, a small flat fish found off the coast of Spain, probably from Arabic muḥarrab pointed, from ḥarrab to sharpen, point

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