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M0370500 (mō-här′ə)n. pl. mojarra or mo·jar·ras Any of various small, silvery, mainly tropical marine fishes of the family Gerreidae, having a very protrusible mouth.

[American Spanish, from Spanish, knife, a species of sea bream (Diplodus vulgaris), from Arabic muḥarrab, pointed, from ḥarraba, to sharpen, point, from ḥarba, lance, spear; see x̣rb in Semitic roots.]

mojarra

(məʊˈhɑːrə) n (Animals) a tropical American sea fish that belongs to the genus Gerreidae

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mojarra - small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waterspercoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformesfamily Gerreidae, family Gerridae, Gerreidae, Gerridae - mojarrasGerres cinereus, yellowfin mojarra - popular panfish from Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico to BrazilEucinostomus gula, silver jenny - silvery mojarra found along sandy shores of the western Atlantic

mojarra

(mōhär`ə), common name for a member of the family Gerreidae, small tropical food fishes. The many American species are found chiefly off the S Atlantic coast but also along the Pacific coast. Mojarras are rarely over a foot (30 cm) in length and are silvery in color. The fins can be retracted into specialized grooves located under the anal and dorsal fins. They feed on plant life, extending their jaws in order to engulf their food. Mojarras are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Actinopterygii, order Perciformes, family Gerreidae.

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noun small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters

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