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MACKEREL SHAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mackerel shad mean?
• MACKEREL SHAD (noun)
The noun MACKEREL SHAD has 1 sense:
1. small silvery fish; Nova Scotia to Brazil
Familiarity information: MACKEREL SHAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small silvery fish; Nova Scotia to Brazil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Decapterus macarellus; mackerel scad; mackerel shad
Hypernyms ("mackerel shad" is a kind of...):
scad (any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae)
Holonyms ("mackerel shad" is a member of...):
Decapterus; genus Decapterus (scads especially mackerel scad; cosmopolitan in distribution)
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