mojarra

• moharra

mojarra (plural mojarras)

1. Any perciform fish in the family Gerreidae, often used as bait.
   • 2007 August 16, Dave Sherwood, “Above the Clouds, It’s Almost Heaven, Costa Rica”, in New York Times‎:

     I assumed they were farm fish, but Gorinsky, a friend and local fishing guide who has cast a line for everything from 6-inch mojarra to 300-pound marlin, assured me otherwise.

• IPA^(key): /moˈxara/ [moˈxa.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: mo‧ja‧rra

mojarra f (plural mojarras)

1. mojarra
2. tilapia

• “mojarra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014