peixere

noun

pei·​xere

variants or peixe-rei or peixerey

¦pāshəˈrā

plural -s

: any of several silversides (as the jacksmelt of California)

Word History

Etymology

Portuguese peixe-rei silversides, from peixe fish (from Latin piscis) + rei king, from Latin reg-, rex

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