mojarra
noun
mo·jar·ra
variants or less commonly moharra
mōˈhärə
plural -s
1
: a fish of the family Gerridae
2
: any of various fishes somewhat similar to the mojarras
especially : any of numerous small South American fishes of the family Cichlidae
Word History
Etymology
American Spanish, from Spanish, lance head, a small flat fish found off the coast of Spain, probably from Arabic muḥarrab pointed, from ḥarrab to sharpen, point