Crevalle
[kruh-val-ee, -val-uh] /krəˈvæl i, -ˈvæl ə/
noun, plural (especially collectively) crevalle (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) crevalles.
1.
any of several marine fishes of the jack family, Carangidae.
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