saury

American  

[sawr-ee] / ˈsɔr i /

noun

• sauries
  plural

1. a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.

2. any of various related fishes.

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saury British  

/ ˈsɔːrɪ /

noun

1. Also called: skipper. any teleost fish, such as the Atlantic Scomberesox saurus of the family Scomberesocidae of tropical and temperate seas, having an elongated body and long toothed jaws

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• sauries
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of saury

1765–75; < New Latin saur ( us ) + -y ². See saurel

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

saury sauries

As fish make for cooler climates, some species such as the Pacific saury and flying squid are moving farther into open waters and out of the reach of Japanese fishermen, particularly as fuel prices rise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2023

Murakami Satoshi, a wholesaler who imported seafood such as saury from the affected prefecture of Miyagi, also predicted a potential drop in sales due to the ban.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2023

He suspects the low-oxygen zone acts like a fence, confining mackerel, saury, and other prey into a smaller, oxygen-rich pool of water near the surface.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 1, 2023

“If we can’t fish, we can’t live here,” Hansaku, whose company now mainly catches and processes Pacific saury, told Reuters at his home this week.

From Reuters ● Apr. 15, 2022

So they brought him rare sand-suckers, and blue-striped wrasse, and saury pike, and gigantic cuttle-fish, four feet long, to his heart's content.

From Biographies of Working Men by Grant Allen

Scomber′esox, the mackerel pikes, saury pikes, or sauries; Scomberom′orus, the Spanish mackerel and related species.—adjs.

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

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