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Atka mackerel

[at-kuh]
–noun
a black-banded mackerel, Pleurogrammus monopterygius, of northern Pacific seas.

Origin:
1890–95; named after Atka, an island in SW Alaska near the fishing grounds
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Atka mackerel  
n.  A food fish (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) native to northern Pacific waters.
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