mojarran.

Brit.

/mə(ʊ)ˈhɑːrə/, U.S.

/moʊˈhɑrə/

Forms: 1600s 1800s– mojarra, 1800s mohara, 1800s– moharra.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish mojarra.

Etymology: < Spanish mojarra, name of various fishes (1557; 1542 as moxarra), further etymology uncertain (probably not related to moharra lance point).

†1. Any of various unidentified fishes. Obsolete.

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1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xviii. 133 A fish called, Mojarra, which is much like unto a mullet.

1841 J. L. Stephens Incidents Trav. Central Amer. II. x. 162 The mohara, the fish for which the Lake of Amatitan is celebrated.

1869 J. R. Browne Resources of Pacific Slope 169 In California waters, as in the seas and rivers of Mexico, there are two species of sparus, called moharras in that country, for reason that in its figure it resembles..certain daggers... The white moharra..is broad, about 11 inches long.

2. Any of various small marine fishes of the percoid family Gerreidae, found in warm and tropical coastal waters. Frequently with distinguishing word.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > member of family Gerridae (moharra)

mojarra1846

silver-belly1882

silver bream1882

1846 D. H. Storer Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. New Ser. 2 336 Gerres Brasilianus, Cuv... Called, at Porto Rico, ‘Moharra’.

1884 D. S. Jordan in G. B. Goode Nat. Hist. Aquatic Animals 279 The Moharra Family—Gerridæ.

1930 R. Macaulay Staying with Relations ii. 24 Isie desired to fish for mojarra.

1983 W. N. Eschmeyer & E. S. Herald Field Guide Pacific Coast Fishes N. Amer. 216 Mojarras are mostly silver; some are barred or striped, often with black and yellow.

1986 C. R. Robins & G. C. Ray Field Guide Atlantic Coast Fishes N. Amer. 175 Slender Mojarra Eucinostomus jonesi... very similar to the Spotfin Mojarra.., but more slender.

1990 Sea Frontiers Dec. 48/3 Among those affected were snook, jacks, mojarras, ladyfish, red drum, and groupers.

†3. The sergeant major fish, Abudefduf saxatilis (family Pomacentridae), a fish with boldly striped sides which lives in warm seas, typically on coral reefs. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Pomacentridae > pomacentrus saxatilis (cow-pilot)

sergeant-major1876

mojarra1882

cow-pilot1884

1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. 611 Pomacentrus saxatilis..Cow-pilot; Mojarra.

4. A surfperch (family Embiotocidae); esp. the rainbow surfperch, Hypsurus caryi, found off the coast of California. Now rare.

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1884 D. S. Jordan in G. B. Goode Nat. Hist. Aquatic Animals 276 The names ‘Minny’, ‘Sparada’, and ‘Moharra’, are also applied to the smaller species [of ‘perches’] northward.

1884 D. S. Jordan in G. B. Goode Nat. Hist. Aquatic Animals 278 Hypsurus Caryi..is known as ‘Moharra’ to the Portuguese at Monterey; elsewhere it is a ‘Perch’.

1911 Rep. Comm. U.S. Bureau Fisheries 1908 317 Surf-fish (Embiotocidae).—The general name ‘perch’ is applied to them everywhere along the coast; they are also called..‘minny’, ‘sparada’, ‘moharra’, etc., along their northern range.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mojarra
释义	mojarran. Brit. /mə(ʊ)ˈhɑːrə/, U.S. /moʊˈhɑrə/ Forms: 1600s 1800s– mojarra, 1800s mohara, 1800s– moharra. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish mojarra. Etymology: < Spanish mojarra, name of various fishes (1557; 1542 as moxarra), further etymology uncertain (probably not related to moharra lance point). †1. Any of various unidentified fishes. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xviii. 133 A fish called, Mojarra, which is much like unto a mullet. 1841 J. L. Stephens Incidents Trav. Central Amer. II. x. 162 The mohara, the fish for which the Lake of Amatitan is celebrated. 1869 J. R. Browne Resources of Pacific Slope 169 In California waters, as in the seas and rivers of Mexico, there are two species of sparus, called moharras in that country, for reason that in its figure it resembles..certain daggers... The white moharra..is broad, about 11 inches long. 2. Any of various small marine fishes of the percoid family Gerreidae, found in warm and tropical coastal waters. Frequently with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > member of family Gerridae (moharra) mojarra1846 silver-belly1882 silver bream1882 1846 D. H. Storer Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. New Ser. 2 336 Gerres Brasilianus, Cuv... Called, at Porto Rico, ‘Moharra’. 1884 D. S. Jordan in G. B. Goode Nat. Hist. Aquatic Animals 279 The Moharra Family—Gerridæ. 1930 R. Macaulay Staying with Relations ii. 24 Isie desired to fish for mojarra. 1983 W. N. Eschmeyer & E. S. Herald Field Guide Pacific Coast Fishes N. Amer. 216 Mojarras are mostly silver; some are barred or striped, often with black and yellow. 1986 C. R. Robins & G. C. Ray Field Guide Atlantic Coast Fishes N. Amer. 175 Slender Mojarra Eucinostomus jonesi... very similar to the Spotfin Mojarra.., but more slender. 1990 Sea Frontiers Dec. 48/3 Among those affected were snook, jacks, mojarras, ladyfish, red drum, and groupers. †3. The sergeant major fish, Abudefduf saxatilis (family Pomacentridae), a fish with boldly striped sides which lives in warm seas, typically on coral reefs. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Pomacentridae > pomacentrus saxatilis (cow-pilot) sergeant-major1876 mojarra1882 cow-pilot1884 1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. 611 Pomacentrus saxatilis..Cow-pilot; Mojarra. 4. A surfperch (family Embiotocidae); esp. the rainbow surfperch, Hypsurus caryi, found off the coast of California. Now rare. ΚΠ 1884 D. S. Jordan in G. B. Goode Nat. Hist. Aquatic Animals 276 The names ‘Minny’, ‘Sparada’, and ‘Moharra’, are also applied to the smaller species [of ‘perches’] northward. 1884 D. S. Jordan in G. B. Goode Nat. Hist. Aquatic Animals 278 Hypsurus Caryi..is known as ‘Moharra’ to the Portuguese at Monterey; elsewhere it is a ‘Perch’. 1911 Rep. Comm. U.S. Bureau Fisheries 1908 317 Surf-fish (Embiotocidae).—The general name ‘perch’ is applied to them everywhere along the coast; they are also called..‘minny’, ‘sparada’, ‘moharra’, etc., along their northern range. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1648
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