单词 | great mackerel |
释义 | > as lemmasgreat mackerel great mackerel n. now rare a large scombrid fish, (probably) the Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus. ΚΠ 1704 Nat. Hist. iii, in L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. (ed. 2) 201 The Great Mackrell. Is seven foot long. 1740 Gentleman's Mag. 10 511/1 He [sc. the flying fish] is pursued by the Bonito, or Great Mackerel. 1843 R. Hamilton Nat. Hist. Brit. Fishes (Naturalist's Libr.: Ichthyol. IV) I. 196 In Scotland it [sc. the tunny] is known by the name of Mackerelsture, or Great Mackerel, from accompanying the shoals of this fish. 1911 Field & Stream July 231 (heading) The way of the leaping tuna: notes on the habits, feeding, taking and tackle of the great mackerel. < as lemmas |
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