noun
Spanish mackerels
• Syn: ↑genus Scomberomorus
• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Scombridae, ↑family Scombridae
• Member Meronyms:
↑Spanish mackerel, ↑king mackerel, ↑cavalla, ↑cero, ↑Scomberomorus cavalla, ↑Scomberomorus maculatus, ↑pintado, ↑kingfish, ↑Scomberomorus regalis
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\\ˌskämbəˈrämərəs\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin scomber mackerel + Greek homoros closely resembling, from homos same — more at same
: a genus of elongated compressed fishes (family Scombridae) having the snout long and pointed, the mouth large, and the scales few and rudimentary and including a number of important food and sport fishes
Useful english dictionary. 2012.