trevally
trevally Lexical Profile
trevally Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Australian Specifically, the silver trevally, a popular schooling food fish caught in the coastal waters and estuaries of Australia and New Zealand.
"We spent the morning casting lines off the pier and managed to catch a few nice trevally for dinner."
Any of several marine fishes of the jack family (Carangidae), widely distributed in the warm waters of the Indo-Pacific and highly valued for food and sport.
"The giant trevally is a notoriously powerful predator that attracts sport fishers to the coral reefs of the Indian Ocean."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Late 19th century: of uncertain origin; possibly an alteration of 'cavally', derived from Spanish 'caballa' (mackerel), ultimately from Latin 'caballus' (horse), influenced by the term 'horse mackerel'.
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