jack crevalle

noun

: a carangid fish (Caranx hippos) that is an important food fish especially along the west coast of Florida

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Out in the open waters close to the Gulf of Mexico, Spanish mackerel, ladyfish and jack crevalles were bending his client’s fishing rods. Alan Sherman, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 From the coast, anglers fishing Dixey Bar report swarms of jumbo redfish mixed in with jack crevalle taking just about anything that hits the water. Frank Sargeant, al, 5 Nov. 2021 There are also small fish like permits and jack crevalles, a loggerhead turtle named Blue and a roughtail stingray named Ray Charles — both female. Washington Post, 26 June 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of jack crevalle was in 1948

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“Jack crevalle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jack%20crevalle. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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