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Scombridae

noun

marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna

• Syn: ↑family Scombridae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Scombroidea, ↑suborder Scombroidea

• Member Meronyms:

↑mackerel, ↑Scomber, ↑genus Scomber, ↑Acanthocybium, ↑genus Acanthocybium, ↑Scomberomorus, ↑genus Scomberomorus, ↑Thunnus, ↑genus Thunnus, ↑Sarda, ↑genus Sarda, ↑Euthynnus, ↑genus Euthynnus, ↑Katsuwonus, ↑genus Katsuwonus

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\\-rəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Scombr-, Scomber, type genus + -idae

: a family of fishes (suborder Scombroidea) comprising the typical mackerels, the chub mackerels, and a few related forms but formerly including all or nearly all the scombroids

Useful english dictionary. 2012.