scombroid

English

Etymology

From Greek σκομβρος (skomvros, “tuna, mackerel”) +‎ -oid.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈskɒmbɹɔɪd/

Adjective

scombroid (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to mackerel.
    • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
      ‘Here then,’ the kindly scombroid face scanning Eventyr, quick as a fire-control dish antenna and even less mercy […]

Noun

scombroid (plural scombroids)

  1. Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type.

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