Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various carangid fishes, especially of the genera Carangoides and Caranx.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A large food-fish of the family Carangidæ, Caranx georgianus, common in the markets of eastern Australia. In various localities the name is applied to several fishes, most of which are of the family Carangidæ. See cavally.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An edible Australian fish of the genus Caranx

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Perhaps alteration of cavalla.]

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Examples

  • And without leaving our villa's porch we could watch trevally and juvenile black-finned sharks hunting green-blue parrot fish and golden angel fish.

    Dive Time 2009

  • "We also saw jacks, trevally, dogtooth tuna, bumphead parrotfish, huge schools of batfish and barracuda, sting rays and mantas."

    Dive Time 2009

  • Biggest fish so far is an Ulua (giant trevally) 14 and a half pounds ... 2400 collected and prize pool is at 1200 with the remainder to the Hawaii Dem Party!

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  • So it came to pass that we chartered Tuna Smith, a well-known bonefishing guidewho owned a panga-like skiff, to take us offshore in search of giant trevally.

    Howell Raines' South Pacific Marlin Fishing Adventure 2006

  • In the spirit of All-For-One, Fraser threw a neon fishing lure over the stern while we sailed and soon had hooked a silver-skinned Bigeye trevally, which Skip gutted and filleted on Io's teak deck and his dark-haired "mate" Samantha Tillman (a pretty New Yorker who could cook in the most turbulent tides) sauteed in butter.

    The Macphersons: Week 40: Crusin' 2007

  • Then I take the casserole out of the oven and place over the vegetables some fish, any white-fleshed fish such as blue grenadier or trevally or rock ling, along with a generous pat of butter and some fresh ground black pepper, and put it back in the oven and a most heavenly dinner is ready in ten minutes, depending on the thickness of the fish.

    What I cooked last night. 2007

  • For example trevally, tarakihi or gurnard- as many or few different kinds as you fancy.

    fish soup 2006

  • But the other three were in the Amber Concerns list : trevally, tarakihi and gurnard.

    fish 2006

  • For example trevally, tarakihi or gurnard- as many or few different kinds as you fancy.

    Archive 2006-03-01 2006

  • But the other three were in the Amber Concerns list : trevally, tarakihi and gurnard.

    Archive 2006-03-01 2006

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