scombroid

American  

[skom-broid] / ˈskɒm brɔɪd /

adjective

1. resembling the mackerel.

2. resembling or related to the mackerel family Scombridae.

---

noun

1. a mackerel or related scombroid fish.

scombroid British  

/ ˈskɒmbrɔɪd /

adjective

1. 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

---

noun

1. any fish belonging to the suborder Scombroidea

Etymology

Origin of scombroid

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

Example Sentences

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

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

Sierra, sē-er′ra, n. a ridge of mountains: a scombroid fish.

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

Sarda, s�r′da, n. a genus of scombroid fishes, the bonitos.

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