| jurel | <zoology> A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts (Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; called also hardtail, horse crevalle, jack, buffalo jack, skipjack, yellow mackerel, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel. Other species of Caranx (as C. Fallax) are also sometimes called jurel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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