horse mackerel


Origin of horse mackerel

1
First recorded in 1695–1705

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How to use horse mackerel in a sentence

  • The horse mackerel (Caranx trachurus) is found principally in the same parts, where it devours the fry of other fishes.

    The Sea Shore | William S. Furneaux
  • The bonito is like a large horse mackerel, and is fished for in the same manner as the albicore.

    Fishing in British Columbia | Thomas Wilson Lambert
  • Horse-mackerel are found singly on the coast all the year round, but sometimes they congregate in shoals of many thousands.

  • Dog fish, too, are sometimes taken; as are conger eels, and horse mackerel.

    For Name and Fame | G. A. Henty
  • Most striking, perhaps, would be the giant horse-mackerel, which were often seen.

    Motor Matt's Race | Stanley R. Matthews

British Dictionary definitions for horse mackerel

horse mackerel

noun
  1. Also called: scad a mackerel-like carangid fish, Trachurus of European Atlantic waters, with a row of bony scales along the lateral line: Sometimes called (US): saurel

  2. any of various large tunnies or related fishes

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