noun, feminineplural: pescadillas
striped weakfish (Cynoscion striatus); whiting (Merlangius merlangus); fried fish taco (using whiting, tuna, red snapper, cod, etc.)
Etymology tree Spanish pescado Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin -ella Old Spanish -iella Spanish -illa Spanish pescadilla From pescado + -illa.