n., pl., -las, or cavalla.
- Any of various tropical marine food fishes of the family Carangidae, which includes the jacks and pompanos.
- See king mackerel.
[Spanish caballa, horse mackerel, from Late Latin, from Latin caballus, horse.]
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cavalla
American Heritage Dictionary:
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n., pl., -las, or cavalla.
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Cavalla may refer to:
Fish
- A vernacular name used for several fish species in the families Carangidae and Scombridae:
- Crevalle jack Caranx hippos (cavalla)
- Atlantic mackerel Scomber scombrus (cavalla)
- Chub mackerel Scomber japonicus (cavalla vera)
- Bar jack Carangoides ruber (blue striped cavalla)
- Blue trevally Carangoides ferdau (Ferdau's cavalla)
- Longnose trevally Carangoides chrysophrys (long nose cavalla)
- Longfin trevally Carangoides armatus (long fin cavalla)
- Malabar trevally Carangoides malabaricus (Malabar cavalla)
- Whitefin trevally Carangoides equula (white fin cavalla)
Other uses
- USS Cavalla, the name of two U.S. Navy submarines
- Cavalla River, in West Africa
See also
- Kavala, a Greek seaport town
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