English > mackerel: 2 senses > noun 2, animal| Meaning | Any of various fishes of the family Scombridae. |
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| Member of | Scombridae, family Scombridae | marine food fishes |
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| Narrower | Spanish mackerel | Any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | caballa, escombro, sarda, verdel |
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| Catalan | verat |
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