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jack mackerel

 
–noun
a mackerellike food fish, Trachurus symmetricus, of Pacific coastal waters of the U.S.
Also called horse mackerel.

Origin:
1880–85, Americanism
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horse mackerel  
n.  

  1. See saurel.

  2. Any of several tunas or related fishes.

sau·rel   (sôr'əl, sô-rěl')   
n.  

  1. A marine fish of the genus Trachurus, characterized by bony lateral lines, especially T. trachurus of eastern Atlantic waters. Also called horse mackerel.

  2. See jack mackerel.


[French, from Late Latin saurus, horse mackerel, from Greek sauros, lizard, horse mackerel.]
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