scombroid

American

[skom-broid] / ˈskɒm brɔɪd /

adjective

resembling the mackerel.
resembling or related to the mackerel family Scombridae.

noun

a mackerel or related scombroid fish.

scombroid British

/ ˈskɒmbrɔɪd /

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Scombroidea, a suborder of marine spiny-finned fishes having a spindle-shaped body and a forked powerful tail: includes the mackerels, tunnies, bonitos, swordfish, and sailfish

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noun

any fish belonging to the suborder Scombroidea

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Etymology

Origin of scombroid

1835–45; < Greek skómbr ( os ) mackerel + -oid

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scombroid

Several experts told the inquest his symptoms matched those of scombroid fish poisoning which could be caused by eating gone-off fish, possibly tuna or mackerel.

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2018

Cardiologist Dr Peter Wilmshurst said the symptoms - bad tasting dish, vomiting, reddening of the upper body - matched his own when he contracted scombroid fish poisoning from a gone-off tuna steak.

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2018

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