Pronunciation: k ə - ' br ē - ə , - ' bri-l ə
Function: noun
Etymology: Spanish, diminutive of cabra goat, from Latin capra she-goat, feminine of caper he-goat ― more at CAPRIOLE
Date: 1859
: any of various sea basses (esp. of the genera Epinephelus and Paralabrax ) of the Mediterranean, the California coast, and the warmer parts of the western Atlantic