SPANISH MACKEREL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Spanish mackerel mean?
• SPANISH MACKEREL (noun)
The noun SPANISH MACKEREL has 4 senses:
1. flesh of commercially important fishes especially of the Atlantic coastal waters of America
2. any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus
3. medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
4. a California food fish
Familiarity information: SPANISH MACKEREL used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SPANISH MACKEREL (noun)
Meaning:
Flesh of commercially important fishes especially of the Atlantic coastal waters of America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("Spanish mackerel" is a kind of...):
mackerel (flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish)
Holonyms ("Spanish mackerel" is a part of...):
Scomber colias; Spanish mackerel (medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico)
Spanish mackerel (any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus)
Meaning:
Any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Spanish mackerel" is a kind of...):
mackerel (any of various fishes of the family Scombridae)
Meronyms (parts of "Spanish mackerel"):
Spanish mackerel (flesh of commercially important fishes especially of the Atlantic coastal waters of America)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Spanish mackerel"):
cavalla; cero; king mackerel; Scomberomorus cavalla (large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil)
Scomberomorus maculatus (a large commercially important mackerel of the Atlantic coastal waters of North America)
cero; kingfish; pintado; Scomberomorus regalis (large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters)
Scomberomorus sierra; sierra (a Spanish mackerel of western North America)
Holonyms ("Spanish mackerel" is a member of...):
genus Scomberomorus; Scomberomorus (Spanish mackerels)
Meaning:
Medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Scomber colias; Spanish mackerel
Hypernyms ("Spanish mackerel" is a kind of...):
mackerel (any of various fishes of the family Scombridae)
Meronyms (parts of "Spanish mackerel"):
Spanish mackerel (flesh of commercially important fishes especially of the Atlantic coastal waters of America)
Holonyms ("Spanish mackerel" is a member of...):
genus Scomber; Scomber (type genus of the Scombridae)
Meaning:
A California food fish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
jack mackerel; Trachurus symmetricus; saurel; horse mackerel; Spanish mackerel
Hypernyms ("Spanish mackerel" is a kind of...):
scad (any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae)
