noun
marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna
• Syn: ↑family Scombridae
• Hypernyms: ↑fish family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Scombroidea, ↑suborder Scombroidea
• Member Meronyms:
↑mackerel, ↑Scomber, ↑genus Scomber, ↑Acanthocybium, ↑genus Acanthocybium, ↑Scomberomorus, ↑genus Scomberomorus, ↑Thunnus, ↑genus Thunnus, ↑Sarda, ↑genus Sarda, ↑Euthynnus, ↑genus Euthynnus, ↑Katsuwonus, ↑genus Katsuwonus
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\\-rəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a family of fishes (suborder Scombroidea) comprising the typical mackerels, the chub mackerels, and a few related forms but formerly including all or nearly all the scombroids
Useful english dictionary. 2012.