scom|broid

scom|broid
scom|broid «SKOM broyd», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. of or belonging to a group of fishes including the mackerels and tunas.
2. resembling the mackerel.
–n.
a mackerel or mackerellike fish.
[< New Latin Scombroidea the group name < Latin scomber mackerel < Greek skómbros]

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