crevalle

[ kruh-val-ee, -val-uh ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) cre·val·le, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) cre·val·les.

1. any of several marine fishes of the jack family, Carangidae.

Word History and Origins

Origin of crevalle¹

1895–1900, Americanism; obscurely akin to cavalla