mackerels
- plural of mackerel.
Example Sentences
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I stole the idea for the robed mackerels from the so-called decorator crabs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2018
Crispy curried rice with pork skin and coconut, and kua kling, a beef shank curry described as brutally spicy are two options, along with adventures like grilled short mackerels with lotus stems in coconut soup.
From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2017
Aquaculture species that are most affordable, such as carp, are often not as rich in omega-3 fatty acids as are the wild species currently accessible to impoverished communities, such as sardines and mackerels.
From Nature • Jun. 14, 2016
According to a 2015 World Wildlife Fund report, some 1,200 marine vertebrate species, including fish like mackerels and tunas, declined by nearly half between 1970 and 2012.
From New York Times • May 24, 2016
The next morning I sent the boatswain ashore a-fishing and at one haul he caught 352 mackerels and about 20 other fishes; which I caused to be equally divided among all my company.
From A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland by Dampier, William
