Mackerel Definition

măkər-əl, măkrəl
mackerels
noun
Any of various scombroid fishes; esp., an edible fish (Scomber scombrus) of the North Atlantic, that has a greenish, blue-striped back and a silvery belly.
Webster's New World
Any of various similar fishes, such as the horse mackerels.
American Heritage

(obsolete) A pimp; also, a bawd.

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Other Word Forms of Mackerel

Noun

Singular:
mackerel
Plural:
mackerels

Origin of Mackerel

  • Old French maquerel, French maquereau, from Dutch makelaar (“mediator, agent").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English makerel from Old French maquerel

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French maquerel, from a Germanic source.

    From Wiktionary

Mackerel Sentence Examples

  • There are an extensive mackerel and herring fishery, and motor engineering works.

  • The fisheries are important - for herring, mackerel, sprats, cod, salmon, lobsters and anchovies.

  • Pilchard, herrings, whiting and mackerel are taken, and salmon in the Teign.

  • The fry of clupeoids, which likewise swim in schools, are followed by the mackerel until they reach some shallow place, which their enemies dare not enter.

  • Mackerel are found in almost all tropical and temperate seas, with the exception of the Atlantic shores of temperate South America.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAC

Words Ending With

LELREL

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