scombroid

scom·broid   (skŏm'broid')    adj.  Of or belonging to the suborder Scombroidei, which includes marine fishes such as the mackerel. n.  A scombroid fish. [New Latin Scombroīdeī, suborder name, from Latin scomber, scombr-, mackerel, from Greek skombros.]

Main Entry: scom·broid
Pronunciation: 'skäm-"broid
Function: noun
: any of a suborder (Scombroidea) of marine bony fishes (as mackerels, tunas,albacores, bonitos, and swordfishes) which are of great economic importance as food fishes and are sometimes a source of poisoning due to heat-stable toxins produced by bacterial action on fish withdark meat —scombroid adjective