Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various jacks and other fishes of the family Carangidae.
- noun Any of several mackerels, especially the king mackerel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A scombroid fish, Scomberomorus cavalla, found in the open seas.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I was slim and dapper in my green cavalla cadet uniform with the gleaming brass buttons.
Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008
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I had given up keeping it in a cavalla soldier's short cut some time ago, but there was still not enough to plait or dress in any fashion.
Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008
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No Gernian cavalla officer, no matter how high his rank, would have allowed underlings to tend him as assiduously as Soldier's Boy's feeders did.
Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008
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The cavalla officers who sat in judgment on me sentenced me to hang, and I accepted that.
Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008
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Fate made you the only son I could truly claim as my own, the only one who would follow in my footsteps as a soldier and a cavalla officer.
Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008
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The rider sat tall in his saddle, and that as much as the brave green of his jacket labeled him a cavalla soldier.
Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008
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Soldier's Boy had decided that his horse soldiers were too small a force to deploy as cavalla.
Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008
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As I fled from the fort, I encountered a troop of returning cavalla soldiers.
Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008
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It the cavalla troops at Gettys rally against us, we will be fighting seasoned soldiers who are tolerant of those conditions.
Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008
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Destined to be a cavalla officer, to serve my king with courage, to distinguish myself on a field of battle.
Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008
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