Spanish mackerel

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noun

an American game fish, Scomberomorus maculatus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean.

any of various similar scombroid fishes.

(in California) the jack mackerel.

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Origin of Spanish mackerel

An Americanism dating back to 1660–70

Words nearby Spanish mackerel

Spanish heel, Spanish influenza, Spanish Inquisition, Spanish iris, Spanish jasmine, Spanish mackerel, Spanish Main, Spanish Moroccan, Spanish Morocco, Spanish moss, Spanish needles

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How to use Spanish mackerel in a sentence

According to some rumors, Goya was once on staff before his fame as a Spanish painter.
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This concern ceased after the Spanish warned of severe punitive measures on the family members of suicides.
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Hatuey replied that he would rather burn and be sent to hell than ever again encounter people as cruel as the Spanish.
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“They also were responsible for the Barcelona subway plot,” a plan disrupted by Spanish law enforcement in 2008.
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Any conversation about Spanish-speaking politicians leads back to Bush.
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The seed of discontent was again germinating under the duplicity of the Spanish lay and clerical authorities.
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Like every other Spanish general in supreme command abroad, Polavieja had his enemies in Spain.
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He has secured the release of certain Spanish prisoners, and is building two ships.
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The cathedral is the only Spanish parochial church; it cares for two thousand four hundred souls.
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The total fresh troops amounted to about 500 men of the 73rd Native Regiment and Spanish cazadores.
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British Dictionary definitions for Spanish mackerel

Spanish mackerel

noun

Also called: kingfish any scombroid food fish of the genus Scomberomorus, esp S. maculatus, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic: family Scombridae (mackerels, tunnies, etc)

a mackerel, Scomber colias, of European and E North American coasts that is similar to the common Atlantic mackerel

any of various related marine food fishes, esp Scomberomerus Commerson

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