[sawr-uh
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| any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side. |
| jack mackerel or jack·mack·er·el (jāk'māk'ər-əl, -māk'rəl) n. A common food and game fish (Trachurus symmetricus) of Pacific coastal waters. Also called saurel. |
| sau·rel (sôr'əl, sô-rěl') n.
[French, from Late Latin saurus, horse mackerel, from Greek sauros, lizard, horse mackerel.] |