scombrid

[ skom-brid ]

noun

1. any fish of the family Scombridae, comprising the mackerels and tunas.

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the family Scombridae.

Word History and Origins

Origin of scombrid¹

1835–45; < New Latin Scombridae name of the family < Latin scombr- (stem of scomber ) mackerel (< Greek skómbros ) + -idae -idae; -id ²

Example Sentences

Tunny, tun′i, n. a very large fish of the mackerel family (Scombrid), fished chiefly on the Mediterranean coasts.

From Project Gutenberg

Closely connected with the mackerel and other Scombrid, we have the Bonita of the Tropics.

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