Definition of "cavalla" [cavalla]

• Any of various tropical marine food fishes of the family Carangidae, which includes the jacks and pompanos. (noun)
• See king mackerel. (noun)

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• "As I fled from the fort, I encountered a troop of returning cavalla soldiers."
• "Soldier's Boy had decided that his horse soldiers were too small a force to deploy as cavalla."
• "It the cavalla troops at Gettys rally against us, we will be fighting seasoned soldiers who are tolerant of those conditions."