SCOMBEROMORUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scomberomorus mean? 

• SCOMBEROMORUS (noun)
  The noun SCOMBEROMORUS has 1 sense:

1. Spanish mackerels

  Familiarity information: SCOMBEROMORUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCOMBEROMORUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spanish mackerels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Scomberomorus; Scomberomorus

Hypernyms ("Scomberomorus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Scomberomorus"):

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

cavalla; cero; king mackerel; Scomberomorus cavalla (large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil)

Scomberomorus maculatus (a large commercially important mackerel of the Atlantic coastal waters of North America)

cero; kingfish; pintado; Scomberomorus regalis (large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters)

Holonyms ("Scomberomorus" is a member of...):

family Scombridae; Scombridae (marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna)