cackerel
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French caquerel, cagarel, from the root of English cack.
Noun edit
cackerel (plural cackerels)
- The mendole, Spicara maena; a small Mediterranean fish considered poisonous in ancient times.
References edit
- “cackerel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.