Scomberomorus

noun

Spanish mackerels

• Syn: ↑genus Scomberomorus

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Scombridae, ↑family Scombridae

• Member Meronyms:

↑Spanish mackerel, ↑king mackerel, ↑cavalla, ↑cero, ↑Scomberomorus cavalla, ↑Scomberomorus maculatus, ↑pintado, ↑kingfish, ↑Scomberomorus regalis

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\\ˌskämbəˈrämərəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin scomber mackerel + Greek homoros closely resembling, from homos same — more at same

: a genus of elongated compressed fishes (family Scombridae) having the snout long and pointed, the mouth large, and the scales few and rudimentary and including a number of important food and sport fishes