Atka mackerel
[ at-kuh ]
noun
a black-banded mackerel, Pleurogrammus monopterygius, of northern Pacific seas.
Origin of Atka mackerel
1First recorded in 1890–95; named after Atka, an island in southwestern Alaska near the fishing grounds
Words Nearby Atka mackerel
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