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Webster 1913 Edition
Cero
Ce′ro
,Noun.
[Corrupt. fr. Sp.
sierra
saw, sawfish, cero.] (Zool.)
A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus
Scomberomorus
. Two species are found in the West Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, – the common cero (Scomberomorus caballa
), called also kingfish
, and spotted, or king, cero (Scomberomorus regalis
).