Adolpho Luque pitcher for the Reds and Giants and a native of Havana, Cuba.
agua mala (Spanish) jellyfish; Portuguese man-of-war.
albacore a tuna with unusually long pectoral fins, important as a game and food fish in all warm seas.
barracuda any of a family of fierce, pikelike tropical fish: some species are edible.
big blue runner any of various edible jack fishes of warm seas, as a bluish species and a striped bluish species.
bonito any of a genus of marine game and food scombroid fishes.
brisa (Spanish) breeze.
calambre (Spanish) cramp (muscular).
Canary Islands group of islands in the Atlantic, off northwest Africa, forming a region of Spain.
carapace the horny, protective covering over all or part of the back of certain animals, as the upper shell of the turtle, armadillo, crab, etc.
Casablanca seaport in northwest Morocco, on the Atlantic.
Cienfuegos seaport on the south coast of Cuba.
dentuso (Spanish) big-toothed; (in Cuba) a particularly voracious and frightening species of shark with rows of large, sharp teeth; here, a descriptive term for the mako shark.
Dick Sisler famous baseball player and coach on numerous baseball teams, including the Cardinals, the Reds, and the Yankees.
dolphin a game fish with colors that brighten and change when the fish is taken out of the water.
dorado (Spanish) gilding or gilt (literally); here a descriptive term for the golden dolphin.
El Campeón (Spanish) The Champion.
flying fish a warm-sea fish with winglike pectoral fins that enable it to glide through the air.
gaff a large, strong hook on a pole, or a barbed spear, used in landing large fish.
galanos (Spanish) mottled ones (literally); here a descriptive term for the shovel-nosed sharks.
gelatinous like gelatin or jelly; having the consistency of gelatin or jelly; viscous.
Gran Ligas (Spanish) the two main leagues of professional baseball clubs in the U.S., the National League and the American League: also the Major Leagues.
green turtle, hawk-bill, loggerhead turtles.
Guanabacoa one of the oldest European settlements in Cuba; now part of the urban conglomerate of present-day Havana.
