cavalla

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  1. noun Any of various tropical marine food fishes of the family Carangidae, which includes the jacks and pompanos.
  2. noun See king mackerel.

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  • Amzil had pieced the cavalla-green coat together for me from several old uniforms to fit my enlarged body. —  Robin Hobb
  • I thought of my own beloved cavalla, and knew that if this were a path we used frequently, there would have been caches of firewood and food. —  Robin Hobb
  • I had dressed in my best, hoping to look like a cavalla trooper as I rode away. —  forestmage
  • The horse had taught me almost everything I knew about riding like a cavalla man. —  forestmage
  • Our army and cavalla were little better, shunned and mocked when they abandoned their uniforms to become beggars, despised as cowards and incompetents if they chose to remain in the service of the king. —  Hobb, Robin - The Soldier Son 01 - Shaman's Crossing (v2.0)
 

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  1. Spanish caballa, horse mackerel, from Late Latin, from Latin caballus, horse.

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  1. Cf. cavally.
 

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