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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[OF.

caquerel cagarel

(

Cotgr

.), from the root of E.

cack

(Zoöl.)

The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish considered poisonous by the ancients. See

Noun.

A fish which is said to void excrements when pursued. Others say, a fish which eaten produces lax bowels.

cackerel ‎(plural cackerels)