SCOMBEROMORUS CAVALLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scomberomorus cavalla mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCOMBEROMORUS CAVALLA (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 ("Scomberomorus cavalla" is a kind of...):

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

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

genus Scomberomorus; Scomberomorus (Spanish mackerels)