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KING MACKEREL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does king mackerel mean? 

KING MACKEREL (noun)
  The noun KING MACKEREL has 1 sense:

1. large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazilplay

  Familiarity information: KING MACKEREL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KING MACKEREL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cavalla; cero; king mackerel; Scomberomorus cavalla

Hypernyms ("king mackerel" is a kind of...):

Spanish mackerel (any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus)

Holonyms ("king mackerel" is a member of...):

genus Scomberomorus; Scomberomorus (Spanish mackerels)


 Context examples 


Four types of fish should be avoided because of typically high mercury levels — tilefish from the Gulf of Mexico, shark, swordfish, and king mackerel.

(Brain benefits of aerobic exercise lost to mercury exposure, NIH)



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