"cackerel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cackerels [plural]
Etymology: From Old French caquerel, cagarel, from the root of English cack. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|caquerel}} Old French caquerel, {{m|fro|cagarel}} cagarel, {{m|en|cack}} cack Head templates: {{en-noun}} cackerel (plural cackerels)
  1. The mendole, Spicara maena; a small Mediterranean fish considered poisonous in ancient times. Categories (lifeform): Sparids

Inflected forms

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