caranx hippos

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   fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

   Synonymscrevalle jackjack crevalle

   Broaderjack

Questions about caranx hippos

What does caranx hippos mean?

caranx hippos means "fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico".

What is another word for caranx hippos?

Close synonyms include crevalle jack, jack crevalle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is caranx hippos a common word?

caranx hippos is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.