mackerel
IPA: mˈækɝʌɫ
noun
- Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled,
- typically Scomber scombrus in the British isles.
- A true mackerel, any fish of tribe Scombrini (Scomber spp., Rastrelliger spp.)
- Certain other similar small fish in families Carangidae, Gempylidae, and Hexagrammidae.
- (obsolete) A pimp; also, a bawd.
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Examples of "mackerel" in Sentences
- The icon used for the festival is that of a Mackerel.
- The sea was rich with oysters, tunny fish and mackerel.
- The fish caught from the pier consist mostly of mackerel.
- They are commonly known as mackerel scads, and round scads.
- Pacific jack mackerel is canned in the same manner as salmon.
- The suborder includes the barracuda, tuna, mackerel and swordfish.
- Mackerel are fish common to the coasts of both Cornwall and Brittany.
- They feed on tuna and mackerel, some of the fastest fish in the Ocean.
- The fish caught from the pier consist mostly of mackerel and flounder.
- Occasionally he would also fish mackerel and cod in Norway during the summer.
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