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scombroid
[ skom-broid ]
adjective
- resembling the mackerel.
- resembling or related to the mackerel family Scombridae.
noun
- a mackerel or related scombroid fish.
scombroid
/ ˈskɒmbrɔɪd /
adjective
- 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
- any fish belonging to the suborder Scombroidea
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scombroid1
1835–45; < Greek skómbr ( os ) mackerel + -oid
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scombroid1
C19: from Greek skombros a mackerel; see -oid
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