- family Scombridae
- nounmarine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna• Syn: ↑Scombridae• Hypernyms: ↑fish family• Member Holonyms: ↑Scombroidea, ↑suborder Scombroidea• Member Meronyms:
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family Scombridae
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Scombridae — Yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Scombridae — noun marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna • Syn: ↑family Scombridae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Scombroidea, ↑suborder Scombroidea • M … Useful english dictionary
Scombridae — n. family of fishes including the mackerel and tuna (Biology) … English contemporary dictionary
fish family — noun any of various families of fish • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Cobitidae, ↑family Cobitidae, ↑Cyprinidae, ↑family Cyprinidae, ↑Electrophoridae, ↑family Electrophori … Useful english dictionary
perciform — ▪ fish order Introduction any member of the order Perciformes, a group of bony fishes with more than 6,000 species placed in about 150 families. The order is the largest group of fishes in the world today. Perciform fishes occur in… … Universalium
scombrid — I. ˈskämbrə̇d adjective Etymology: New Latin Scombridae : of or relating to the Scombridae II. noun ( s) : a fish of the family Scombridae * * * /skom brid/, n … Useful english dictionary
tuna — tuna1 /tooh neuh, tyooh /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) tuna, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) tunas. 1. any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas. Cf. albacore,… … Universalium
Скумбриевые — Южная скумбрия (Scomber colias) … Википедия
Northern bluefin tuna — Conservation status Critically Endangered ( … Wikipedia
mackerel — /mak euhr euhl, mak reuhl/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) mackerel, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) mackerels. 1. a food fish, Scomber scombrus, of the North Atlantic, having wavy cross markings on the back. 2. See Spanish mackerel … Universalium
