| mackerel | | |
| n. (food) | 1. mackerel | flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish. |
| ~ common mackerel, scomber scombrus, shiner | important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales. |
| ~ saltwater fish | flesh of fish from the sea used as food. |
| ~ spanish mackerel | flesh of commercially important fishes especially of the Atlantic coastal waters of America. |
| ~ smoked mackerel | mackerel cured by smoking. |
| n. (animal) | 2. mackerel | any of various fishes of the family Scombridae. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ family scombridae, scombridae | marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna. |
| ~ common mackerel, scomber scombrus, 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. |
| ~ chub mackerel, scomber japonicus, 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. |
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