noun
a kind of percoid fish
• Hypernyms: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoid, ↑percoidean
• Hyponyms: ↑snook
• Member Holonyms: ↑Centropomidae, ↑family Centropomidae
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/rob"euh loh', roh"beuh-, roh bah"loh/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) robalo, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) robalos.
snook2 (def. 1).
[1885-90; < Pg]
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robalo /robˈə-lō/
noun (pl robˈalos)
An American pike-like fish (genus Centropomus), of a family related to the sea-perches
ORIGIN: Sp róbalo bass
Useful english dictionary. 2012.