scombroid

[ skom-broid ]

adjective
  1. resembling the mackerel.

  2. resembling or related to the mackerel family Scombridae.

noun
  1. a mackerel or related scombroid fish.

Origin of scombroid

1
1835–45; <Greek skómbr(os) mackerel + -oid

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British Dictionary definitions for scombroid

scombroid

/ (ˈskɒmbrɔɪd) /


adjective
  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Scombroidea, a suborder of marine spiny-finned fishes having a spindle-shaped body and a forked powerful tail: includes the mackerels, tunnies, bonitos, swordfish, and sailfish

noun
  1. any fish belonging to the suborder Scombroidea

Origin of scombroid

1
C19: from Greek skombros a mackerel; see -oid

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