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scombroid

[ skom-broid ]

adjective

  1. resembling the mackerel.
  2. resembling or related to the mackerel family Scombridae.

noun

  1. a mackerel or related scombroid fish.

scombroid

/ ˈskɒmbrɔɪd /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Scombroidea, a suborder of marine spiny-finned fishes having a spindle-shaped body and a forked powerful tail: includes the mackerels, tunnies, bonitos, swordfish, and sailfish
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. any fish belonging to the suborder Scombroidea
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scombroid1

1835–45; < Greek skómbr ( os ) mackerel + -oid
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scombroid1

C19: from Greek skombros a mackerel; see -oid

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