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Spanish
Etymology
From Mozarabic.
Noun
cherna f (plural chernas)
- grouper (fish)
- Synonym: mero
2017 September 24, Manuel Vicent, “Ernest Hemingway: tener o no tener”, in Listín Diario:Un día en La Habana, a un moreno jabao, llamado Mayedo, marinero que faenaba la cherna con palangre en la corriente del Golfo, le pregunté si Hemingway sabía de qué hablaba cuando escribió El viejo y el mar.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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