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单词 robalo
释义

robalo

[ rob-uh-loh, roh-buh-, roh-bah-loh ]
/ ˈrɒb əˌloʊ, ˈroʊ bə-, roʊˈbɑ loʊ /

noun, plural (especially collectively) rob·a·lo, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) rob·a·los.

snook2 (def. 1).

Origin of robalo

Borrowed into English from Portuguese around 1885–90

Words nearby robalo

roast, roaster, roasting, roasting ear, rob, robalo, roband, Robbe-Grillet, Robben Island, robber, robber baron
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Example sentences from the Web for robalo

  • It is known as snook on the east coast, and as rovallia on the west coast, a corruption of its Cuban name, robalo.

    Favorite Fish and Fishing|James Alexander Henshall

British Dictionary definitions for robalo

robalo
/ (ˈrɒbəˌləʊ, ˈrəʊ-) /

noun plural -los or -lo

any percoid fish of the family Centropomidae, occurring in warm and tropical (mostly marine) waters. Some of the larger species, such as the snooks, are important food fishes and many of the smaller ones are aquarium fishes

Word Origin for robalo

Spanish, probably changed from lobaro (unattested), from lobo wolf, from Latin lupus
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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