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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[Sp., prawn.]

(Zool)

A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus

Serranus

, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California, some of them are also called

rock bass

and

kelp salmon

cabrilla ‎(plural cabrillas)

Any of various edible fishes of Serranus and related genera, inhabiting the Mediterranean, the coast of California, etc.