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scom·broid (skäm′bro̵id′)

adjective

  1. of a widely distributed family (Scombridae) of spiny-finned percoid food fishes, including the mackerels, bonitos, and tunas
  2. like a mackerel

Etymology: < ModL Scombridae < L scomber, mackerel (< Gr skombros) + -oid

noun

a fish of this family

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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