Definition of Crevalles

1. crevalle [n] - See also: crevalle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crevalles

cretinizes
cretinizing
cretinoid
cretinous
cretins
cretism
cretisms
cretonne
cretonnes
creutzer
creutzers
creutzfeldt-jakob disease
creutzfeldt-jakob syndrome
crevalle
crevalle jack
crevalles (current term)
crevet
crevets
crevette
crevettes
crevice
creviced
crevices
crevicular
crevicular epithelium
crevicular fluid

Literary usage of Crevalles

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

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1882)
"... crevalles, amber fish, etc., of the Atlantic coast; and also a digest of the recent literature upon the life-history of the eel. ..."

2. American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North by George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill (1903)
"... crevalles. Naucrates ductor: Pilot-fish (p. 235). Seriola zonata carolinensis: Rudder-fish; Jack-fish of Carolina; Amber-fish. (Seriola carolinensis, p. ..."

3. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"... anal fin preceded by 2 obsolete spines; lateral line without keeled plates; gill-membranes not attached to isthmus; CARANGID.E (crevalles ..."

4. Where, When, and how to Catch Fish on the East Coast of Florida by William H. Gregg, John Gardner (1902)
"... among the Pompanos, crevalles, Permits and Jacks. They all resemble the Cavalla, Bluefish, and Pompanos. Weight to 5 pounds ; average, 1 % pounds. ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"Among the more widely known members of the family are the leather jackets, pilot fishes, amber fishes, runners, horse mackerels, crevalles, ..."

6. Catalogue of the Michigan State Library: United States Documents, State by Michigan State Library (1898)
"... crevalles, amber fish, etc. Notes on the life history of the eel, chiefly derived from a study of recent European authorities. ..."

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