mackerel

/ˈmækərəl/
/ˈmækrəl/
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Other forms: mackerels

Definitions of mackerel
  1. noun
    any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
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    Scomber scombrus, common mackerel, shiner
    important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
    Scomber colias, Spanish mackerel
    medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
    Scomber japonicus, chub mackerel, tinker
    small mackerel found nearly worldwide
    Acanthocybium solandri, wahoo
    large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide
    Spanish mackerel
    any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus
    Scomberomorus cavalla, cavalla, cero, king mackerel
    large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil
    Scomberomorus maculatus
    a large commercially important mackerel of the Atlantic coastal waters of North America
    Scomberomorus regalis, cero, kingfish, pintado
    large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters
    Scomberomorus sierra, sierra
    a Spanish mackerel of western North America
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    scombroid, scombroid fish
    important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
  2. noun
    flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish
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    Spanish mackerel
    flesh of commercially important fishes especially of the Atlantic coastal waters of America
    smoked mackerel
    mackerel cured by smoking
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    saltwater fish
    flesh of fish from the sea used as food
Pronunciation
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/ˈmækərəl/
UK
/ˈmækrəl/
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