| 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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