‖ moharra
(məʊˈhærə)
Also mojarra.
[American Sp. mojarra.]
a. Any fish of the family Gerridæ, common on the coasts of the Southern United States. b. A Californian surf-fish, Hypsurus caryi. c. The cow-pilot, Pomacentrus saxatilis.
| 1845 Storer Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. in Mem. Amer. Acad. II. 336 Gerres Brasilianus, Cuv... Called, at Porto Rico, ‘Moharra’. 1882 Jordan & Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. 611 Pomacentrus saxatilis..Cow-pilot; Mojarra. 1884 Jordan in Goode, etc. Nat. Hist. Aquat. Anim. 276 The names ‘Minny’, ‘Sparada’, and ‘Moharra’, are also applied to the smaller species [of ‘perches’] northward. Ibid. 278 Hypsurus Caryi..is known as ‘Moharra’ to the Portuguese at Monterey; elsewhere it is a ‘Perch’. Ibid. 279 The Moharra Family—Gerridæ. |