English Explanatory Dictionary

cackerel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The mendole, Spicara maena; a small Mediterranean fish considered poisonous in ancient times.

Word forms

cackerel cackerels

Etymology

From Old French caquerel, cagarel, from the root of English cack.

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