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Spanish mackerel

noun

  1. an American game fish, Scomberomorus maculatus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean.
  2. any of various similar scombroid fishes.
  3. (in California) the jack mackerel.


Spanish mackerel

noun

  1. Also calledkingfish any scombroid food fish of the genus Scomberomorus, esp S. maculatus, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic: family Scombridae (mackerels, tunnies, etc)
  2. a mackerel, Scomber colias, of European and E North American coasts that is similar to the common Atlantic mackerel
  3. any of various related marine food fishes, esp Scomberomerus Commerson
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Spanish mackerel1

An Americanism dating back to 1660–70

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