单词 | mackerel |
释义 | Word Frequency mackerel(ˈmækrəl) nounWord forms: plural -rel or -rels horse mackerel 1. a spiny-finned food fish, Scomber scombrus, occurring in northern coastal regions of the Atlantic and in the Mediterranean: family Scombridae. It has a deeply forked tail and a greenish-blue body marked with wavy dark bands on the back Compare Spanish mackerel (sense 1)2. any of various other fishes of the family Scombridae, such as Scomber colias (Spanish mackerel) and S. japonicus (Pacific mackerel) Word origin C13: from Anglo-French, from Old French maquerel, of unknown origin |
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