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
2.
any fish belonging to the suborder Scombroidea
Word origin
C19: from Greek skombros a mackerel; see -oid
scombroid in American English
(ˈskɑmˌbrɔɪd)
adjective
1.
of a widely distributed family (Scombridae) of spiny-finned percoid food fishes, including the mackerels, bonitos, and tunas
2.
like a mackerel
noun
3.
a fish of this family
Word origin
< ModL Scombridae < L scomber, mackerel (< Gr skombros) + -oid