chub mackerel

noun

1. a small mackerel, Scomber japonicus, of Atlantic and Pacific seas and parts of the Indian Ocean.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chub mackerel¹

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Example Sentences

The chub mackerel, the smallest of the Scombridæ family, approaches very closely the true mackerel of the East.

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