pescado

Definitions of pescado
  1. noun
    any fish used for food by human beings
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    sábalo
    herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn
    sardina arenque
    any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
    salmón
    any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
    trucha
    any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons
    atún, tonina
    any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
    arenque
    important food fish; found in enormous shoals in the northern Atlantic
    trucha de río
    speckled trout of European rivers; introduced in North America
    mero
    usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas
    lenguado
    highly valued as food
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    pez
    any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
  2. noun
    the flesh of fish used as food
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    anchoa, boquerón
    tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces
    anguila
    the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
    mújol, salmonete
    highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet
    eglefino
    lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod; usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried
    merluza
    the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod
    trucha
    flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes
    salmón
    flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae
    sábalo
    bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast
    esperiano
    small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
    angula
    young eel; may be sauteed or batter-fried
    reo, trucha asalmonada
    flesh of marine trout that migrate from salt to fresh water
    salmón ahumado
    salmon cured by smoking
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