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1. (n.) mackerel
any of various scombrid fishes, esp. a food fish, Scomber scombrus, of the N Atlantic, having wavy cross markings on the back.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME ma(c)kerel(l) < OF, perh. same word as MF maquerel pimp)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) mackerel
flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish
2. (noun) mackerel
any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
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1. (noun) mackerel
a pimp; also, a bawd
2. (noun) mackerel
any species of the genus Scomber, and of several related genera. They are finely formed and very active oceanic fishes. Most of them are highly prized for food
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Sense: a type of edible sea-fish, bluish green with wavy markings
They are fishing for mackerel; two mackerels.
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 Afrikaans: makriel |
 Arabic: الأسْقُمْري: سَمك بَحْري |
 Bulgarian: скумрия |
 Brazilian: cavala |
 Czech: makrela |
 German: die Makrele |
 Danish: makrel |
 Greek: σκουμπρί |
 Spanish: caballa |
 Estonian: makrell |
 Farsi: نوعی ماهی خوردنی |
 Finnish: makrilli |
 French: maquereau |
 Hebrew: מָקָרֶל |
 Hindi: एक-प्रकार की समुद्री मछली |
 Croatian: lokarda, skuša |
 Hungarian: makréla |
 Indonesian: nama ikan |
 Icelandic: makríll |
 Italian: sgombro |
 Japanese: さば |
 Korean: 고등어 |
 Lithuanian: skumbrė |
 Latvian: makrele; skumbrija |
 Malay: sejenis ikan kembung |
 Dutch: makreel |
 Norwegian: makrell |
 Polish: makrela |
 Persian: نوعی ماهی خوردنی |
 Pashto: يو ډول كب |
 Portuguese: cavala |
 Romanian: macrou |
 Russian: скумбрия |
 Slovak: makrela |
 Slovenian: skuša |
 Serbian: skuša |
 Swedish: makrill |
 Thai: ปลาทะเลแมกเคอเรล |
 Turkish: uskumru (balığı) |
 Taiwanese: 鯖魚 |
 Ukrainian: скумбрія, макрель |
 Urdu: سبزی مائل جسم والی خوردنی |
 Vietnamese: cá thu |
 Chinese: 鲭鱼 |
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