Definition: cero

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

cero
     n 1: large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal
          Atlantic waters [syn: pintado, kingfish, Scomberomorus
          regalis]
     2: large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and
        game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast south to Brazil
        [syn: king mackerel, cavalla, Scomberomorus cavalla]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Cero \Ce"ro\, n. [Corrupt. fr. Sp. sierra saw, sawfish, cero.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the
   genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West
   Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United
   States, -- the common cero (Scomberomorus caballa), called
   also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero (S. regalis).