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scombrid

[ skom-brid ]

noun

  1. any fish of the family Scombridae, comprising the mackerels and tunas.


adjective

  1. belonging or pertaining to the family Scombridae.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of scombrid1

1835–45; < New Latin Scombridae name of the family < Latin scombr- (stem of scomber ) mackerel (< Greek skómbros ) + -idae -idae; -id 2

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Example Sentences

Tunny, tun′i, n. a very large fish of the mackerel family (Scombrid), fished chiefly on the Mediterranean coasts.

Closely connected with the mackerel and other Scombrid, we have the Bonita of the Tropics.

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