Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scombroid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scombroid \Scom"broid\ (sk[o^]m"broid), a. [Scomber + -oid.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Like or pertaining to the Mackerel family. -- n. Any fish of
the family {Scombrid[ae]}, of which the mackerel ({Scomber})
is the type.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scombroid
n : important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical
and temperate seas; some are at least partially
endothermic and can thrive in colder waters [syn: {scombroid
fish}]
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