NOUN | food | mackerel | flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish |
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animal | mackerel | any of various fishes of the family Scombridae |
Sounds | mae'kerahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish. | |
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Part of | common mackerel, shiner, Scomber scombrus | Important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean |
Narrower | Spanish mackerel | flesh of commercially important fishes especially of the Atlantic coastal waters of America |
smoked mackerel | mackerel cured by smoking | |
Broader | saltwater fish | flesh of fish from the sea used as food |
Spanish | berdel, caballa, escombro, sarda | |
Catalan | cavalla, verat |
Meaning | Any of various fishes of the family Scombridae. | |
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Member of | Scombridae, family Scombridae | marine food fishes |
Narrower | Spanish mackerel | Any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus |
Spanish mackerel, Scomber colias | medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico | |
chub mackerel, tinker, Scomber japonicus | small mackerel found nearly worldwide / worldwide | |
common mackerel, shiner, Scomber scombrus | Important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean | |
wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri | large fast-moving predacious food and game fish | |
Broader | scombroid, scombroid fish | Important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas |
Spanish | caballa, escombro, sarda, verdel | |
Catalan | verat |
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