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chub mackerel
noun
- a small mackerel, Scomber japonicus, of Atlantic and Pacific seas and parts of the Indian Ocean.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chub mackerel1
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
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Example Sentences
The chub mackerel, the smallest of the Scombridæ family, approaches very closely the true mackerel of the East.
From Project Gutenberg
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