scombroidea (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Scombroidea*:
NOUN	animal	Scombroidea, suborder Scombroidea	mackerels

English > *Scombroidea*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	mackerels; tunas / tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes.
Synonym	suborder Scombroidea
Member of	Perciformes, order Perciformes, Percomorphi, order Percomorphi	One of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water
Members	Istiophoridae, family Istiophoridae	sailfishes
	Katsuwonidae, family Kasuwonidae	In some classifications considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos
	Luvaridae, family Luvaridae	louvars
	Scombridae, family Scombridae	marine food fishes
	Xiphiidae, family Xiphiidae	Comprising the common swordfishes
	scombroid, scombroid fish	Important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas
Broader	animal order	The order of animals
Spanish	escómbridos, Scombroidea, suborden Scombroidea
Catalan	escòmbrids

HyperDic: scombroidea