Definition of Cavalla

1. Noun. Large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil.

Exact synonyms: Cero, King Mackerel, Scomberomorus Cavalla
Group relationships: Genus Scomberomorus, Scomberomorus
Generic synonyms: Spanish Mackerel

Definition of Cavalla

1. a large food fish [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cavalla

cavalcades
cavalero
cavaleros
cavaletti
cavalier
cavalier hat
cavaliered
cavaliering
cavalierish
cavalierism
cavalierisms
cavalierly
cavalierness
cavaliers
cavalla (current term)
cavallas
cavalletti
cavallies
cavally
cavalries
cavalry
cavalry bone
cavalry horse
cavalry sword
cavalryman
cavalrymen
cavalrywoman
cavalrywomen
cavansite

Literary usage of Cavalla

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"From this point the boundary between France and Liberia would be the course of the cavalla river from near its source to the sea. ..."

2. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1918)
"On Tuesday, August 30, 1916, the very next day after the Greek troops of cavalla left for Drama and Germany, the city was occupied by a Bulgarian company ..."

3. The African Repository by American Colonization Society (1867)
"At cavalla, Hoffman Station, Rocktown, and Boblen, no parish organization ... Thus, at cavalla, we have The Christian Supper, a frugal meal prepared by the ..."

4. Liberia by Harry Hamilton Johnston, Otto Stapf (1906)
"Consequently, in the French official notification of October 26th, 1891, the French boundary was drawn at the cavalla. The Liberians protested in vain ..."

5. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1908)
"the cavalla, and thenceforward the right bank of the river cavalla down to the sea If the ultimate destination of the Nuon is not the cavalla river, ..."

6. Old Tracks and New Landmarks: Wayside Sketches in Crete, Macedonia, Mitylene by Mary Adelaide Walker (1897)
"IN the course of the afternoon we anchored before cavalla—that old Neapolis where St. Paul landed on his way from Troas to Philippi and Thessa- ..."

7. History of the African Mission of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the by E. F. Hening (1853)
"... eight miles east of the Cape, and at Half cavalla, four miles farther in the same direction. At both these places, schools were established under the ..."

8. The Technologist (1863)
"ON THE TOBACCO TRADE AND CULTIVATION OF THE DISTRICT OF cavalla, TURKEY. BY MR. HALING, BRITISH VICE CONSUL. Tobacco is the staple article of production and ..."

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