mackerel
Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled
Other meanings
Typically Scomber scombrus in the British isles.
A true mackerel, any fish of tribe Scombrini (Scomber spp., Rastrelliger spp.)
Kinds of mackerel
- common mackerel
- chub mackerel
Word history
From Old French "maquerel".
Where this comes from
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