HyperDic: scombroid

English > 1 sense of the word scombroid:
NOUNanimalscombroid, scombroid fishimportant marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas
English > scombroid: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningImportant marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters.
Synonymscombroid fish
Member ofScombroidea, suborder Scombroideamackerels
Narrowerbillfishgiant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
bonitoAny of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics / characteristics between mackerels and tunas / tunas
bonito, oceanic bonito, Katsuwonus pelamisfish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery
louvar, Luvarus imperialislarge silvery fish found worldwide / worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common
mackerelAny of various fishes of the family Scombridae
sailfishlarge pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long dorsal fin that resembles a sail
skipjack, skipjack tuna, Euthynnus pelamisOceanic schooling tuna / tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic
squaretailsluggish / sluggish square-tailed fish armored with tough bony scales
swordfish, Xiphias gladiuslarge toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw
tuna, tunnyAny very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus
Broaderpercoid fish, percoid, percoideanAny of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
Spanishescómbrido
Catalanescòmbrid

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