saurel

American

[sawr-uhl] / ˈsɔr əl /

noun

any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.

saurel British

/ ˈsɔːrəl /

noun

a US name for horse mackerel

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Etymology

Origin of saurel

1880–85; < French, equivalent to saur- (< Late Latin saurus jack mackerel < Greek saûros sea fish) + -el noun suffix

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saurel

Skip′jack, an impudent fellow: the blue-fish, saurel, &c.;

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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