cero Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters
    Scomberomorus regalis; pintado; kingfish.
  2. noun large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil
    cavalla; Scomberomorus cavalla; king mackerel.

WordNet

Ce"ro noun
Etymology
Corrupt. fr. Sp. sierra saw, sawfish, cero.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the common cero (Scomberomorus caballa), called also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero (S. regalis).

Webster 1913