A name given to various fishes notable for their size, appearance, or value as food; spec. Chiefly U.S. regional (southern). Any of several fishes of…

†(a) the tuna, Thunnus thynnus; (b) U.K. = chub mackerel n. at chub, n. additions; (c) any of several large Atlantic game-fishes mainly of the genus…

Any of several spotted fishes of the tropical western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico; esp. the cero, Scomberomorus regalis, a popular game fish.

any of several large mackerels of the genus Scomberomorus; (in later use) spec. a large mackerel, Scomberomorus cavalla, found in the western…

A fish of the mackerel family, Scomberomorus regalis, found in warm parts of the western Atlantic.

= cero, n.

Either of two marine game fishes: (a) Scomberomorus commersoni, of the family Scomberomoridæ, which may be six feet long, occurs in the…

Applied to other species of fish. speckled hound-fish, a former name of the Spanish mackerel.