chub mackerel

chub mackerel
noun
small mackerel found nearly worldwide
Syn: ↑tinker, ↑Scomber japonicus
Hypernyms: ↑mackerel
Member Holonyms: ↑Scomber, ↑genus Scomber

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noun
: a small mackerel (Pneumatophorus japonicus syn. Scomber japonicus) of the Atlantic and northeastern Pacific oceans that has a well-developed swim bladder — called also tinker mackerel

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a small mackerel, Scomber japonicus, of Atlantic and Pacific seas and parts of the Indian Ocean. Also called tinker.
[1805-15, Amer.]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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