pescadilla
Appearance
Spanish
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Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]pescadilla f (plural pescadillas)
- striped weakfish (Cynoscion striatus)
- whiting (Merlangius merlangus)
- fried fish taco (using whiting, tuna, red snapper, cod, etc.)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pescadilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10