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scombrid

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scom⋅brid

[skom-brid]
–noun
1. any fish of the family Scombridae, comprising the mackerels and tunas.
–adjective
2. belonging or pertaining to the family Scombridae.

Origin:
1835–45; < NL Scombridae name of the family < L scombr- (s. of scomber) mackerel (< Gk skómbros) + -idae -idae; see -id 2
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