sargo

American  

[sahr-goh] / ˈsɑr goʊ /

noun

Ichthyology.

PLURAL

sargos

1. a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.

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Etymology

Origin of sargo

1875–80; < Spanish < Latin sargus a sea fish < Greek sárgos

Example Sentences

“The industry is at a complete freeze,” Raul Sargo, head of the Israeli Builders Association, told Israel’s parliament in December.

From Seattle Times

Fishermen flocked to its barnacle-covered shores to catch corvina, croaker and sargo.

From Los Angeles Times

Thanks to the Google Play Console, the software that allows Android developers to manage apps submitted to the company’s mobile marketplace, 9to5Google was able to pull out two new device profiles for codenamed “bonito” and “sargo” phones, widely assumed to be the new midrange Pixel 3 devices.

From The Verge

Given those numbers, 9to5Google is speculating that Sargo is the smaller of the two devices with a 5.6-inch display, while Bonito is the larger 6-inch one, despite the aquatic naming scheme seeming to suggest otherwise.

From The Verge

The phone is supposedly codenamed “Sargo” and runs on a Snapdragon 670 processor and 4GB of RAM.

From The Verge