horse mackerel

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Origin of horse mackerel

First recorded in 1695–1705

Words nearby horse mackerel

horsehide, horse latitudes, horselaugh, horseleech, horseless carriage, horse mackerel, horseman, horsemanship, horse marine, horsemint, horse mule

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How to use horse mackerel in a sentence

The Horse Mackerel (Caranx trachurus) is found principally in the same parts, where it devours the fry of other fishes.
The Sea Shore|William S. Furneaux
The bonito is like a large horse mackerel, and is fished for in the same manner as the albicore.
Fishing in British Columbia|Thomas Wilson Lambert
Horse-mackerel are found singly on the coast all the year round, but sometimes they congregate in shoals of many thousands.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6|Various
Dog fish, too, are sometimes taken; as are conger eels, and horse mackerel.
For Name and Fame|G. A. Henty

Most striking, perhaps, would be the giant horse-mackerel, which were often seen.
Motor Matt's Race|Stanley R. Matthews

British Dictionary definitions for horse mackerel

horse mackerel

noun

Also called: scad a mackerel-like carangid fish, Trachurus of European Atlantic waters, with a row of bony scales along the lateral lineSometimes called (US): saurel

any of various large tunnies or related fishes

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