HyperDic: common_mackerel

English > 1 sense of the expression common mackerel:
NOUNanimalcommon mackerel, shiner, Scomber scombrusimportant food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
English > common mackerel: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningImportant food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales.
Synonymsshiner, Scomber scombrus
Member ofScomber, genus Scombertype genus of the Scombridae
Partsmackerelflesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish
BroadermackerelAny of various fishes of the family Scombridae
CatalanScomber scombrus

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