cero

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters
noun large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil

Corruption of Spanish sierra (“sawfish”).

¿Qué respondió el Conde de Cero? — A First Spanish Reader, Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler
Our word "sincere" is derived from sine cero, without wax, but the learned are not in agreement as to whether this refers to the absence of the cabalistic signs, or to that of the wax with which letters were formerly closed from public scrutiny. — The Devil's Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce

pintado, kingfish, Scomberomorus regalis

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